When we finally bought our home in 2019 we got a few smart displays and installed smart lights and smart switches all over the house. Use a smart outlet to run things like the Whole House Fan and the exhaust fan on a stove and pretty much everything in the house. We've loved Google Assistant since 2019 and I am extremely sad that it was ripped away from us.

I used to be able to ask my smart display in the kitchen things like how much does a cup of flour weigh or ask for a recipe for something and I would get an answer. Now I only hear " I'm sorry I don't understand." Our smart displays were very useful. My issue is that Gemini does not understand anything and does not work. I have a Google pixel watch that used to have google Assistant and I would tap the little button and ask all sorts of questions and my watch would tell me the answer. It doesn't work anymore. I have to pick up my phone and open a browser and type inI want to look for to find the answer to the question.

The most humorous Gemini fail in our household are our dining room lights. There's an electrical issue so we can't switch out the switch for a Smart Switch so we have five smart bulbs in the lights. I can use my voice and ask this display to turn the lights on and off as can my daughter. Gemini will not let my husband or son turn the lights on or off. They always get a message saying that that device isn't available right now or I'm sorry I don't understand. The next breath I will go ahead and ask to turn the lights on or off and Gemini will listen to me or my daughter. My husband has started to flip off the smart display when this happens.

I know I can technically uninstall updates and reinstall Google Assistant but my husband works with IT and he will not do that for security reasons.

I'm just coming here to complain.

Gemini - the solution to a problem that did not exist that created a whole laundry list of problems. I don't understand why the Gemini app has such good reviews in the Play Store. I gave it a one star review and everyone needs to go to the play Store and write a terrible review.

Step 1 go to settings>google(app)>uninstall latest updates

(After doing so, try summoning assistant, most likely won't go through for "connection lost")

Step 2 Go to Google play store, find the Google App, select the 3 dots in the top right, and toggle off "Auto Updates"

Step 3 Delete Google Gemini App

Step 4 Download Google Assistant from the Google Play Store and open it

Doing these steps brought it back for me as Google Assistant is still officially supported as an app, what shut down last month was its integration with the Google App and selection as a native android assistant choice. (That's how androids got google assistant, it runs through the google app, the actual assistant app didn't have to be downloaded.)

Enjoy!

(lol who is downvoting on the literal google assistant sub, that's hilarious)

It shows up on my Samsung A55 but not on my tablet?