But there's a new Google assistant in town. Since Gemini launched two years ago (initially under the name Google Bard), it's seemingly been Google's top priority. Now, it feels li

Google is officially retiring its iconic digital assistant this year. The company will replace it, of course, with Gemini, its generative AI bot.

Gemini, Google ’s generative AI assistant and rival to ChatGPT, has become integral to high-end Android phones over the past year, gradually superseding the more basic Google Assistant. Now Google has outlined plans to sunset its original smart assistant entirely, starting with Android phones.