Google pulls Assistant from Android Sept 4, Gemini becomes the only answer layer
Google confirmed in an email that it starts stripping Assistant from phones, tablets, Wear OS watches, headphones, and Android Auto on September 4, with the rollout spanning a few weeks. There is no reverting once your device flips. Gemini has known regressions, so voice-answer quality changes overnight for millions of users — worth watching if you track how AI surfaces reshape search behavior.