Google made an announcement yesterday, March 14, announcing the retirement of the classic version of the Google Assistant, which plans to gradually migrate users over the next few months to the Gemini,And it plans to discontinue the Classic Google Assistant service on mainstream mobile devices by the end of 2025 (older devices can still continue to use it).
Note: Google Assistant, launched in 2016 with the first generation of Pixel phones, allows users to control their smart home, media playback, and third-party apps by voice, thanks to natural language processing and voice recognition technology, with the core goal of becoming "the world's most intimate digital assistant," and even performing complex operations on behalf of the user. The core goal is to become "the world's most intimate digital assistant" and even perform complex operations on behalf of the user.
Despite initial feature innovations, Google realized that voice assistants needed to be deeply integrated with AI. Google launched Bard in March 2023, and in October of the same year, Google announced that it would merge it with Google Assistant to become "Assistant with Bard," integrating AI conversational capabilities with the voice assistant ecosystem. However, the naming confusion led to user confusion, and Google quickly rebranded it as Gemini.
After the name change, Gemini continued to be upgraded, gradually taking over the Assistant's core functionality.2024 By the end of the year, Gemini became the default Assistant on the Pixel 9 and Samsung Galaxy S25 series, and now supports natural conversations, multitasking, and expansion to more devices.
According to the migration plan announced by Google, Google plans to gradually migrate mobile users to Gemini in the coming months and stop the classic Google Assistant service on mainstream mobile devices by the end of this year (note: old devices can still continue to be used).
Google will prioritize the migration of cell phone users, followed by the migration of tablets, in-vehicle systems and smart wearable devices (such as headphones, watches), during the migration period, the existing Google Assistant function on non-mobile devices can still be used normally.