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Google Assistant will vanish from Android phones and connected devices in September
(www.engadget.com)
this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2026
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It was a convenient way to set a kitchen timer. I never used it for anything else but this is still gonna hurt.
Considering when I first upgraded to a phone that included it, Gemini was incapable of setting a timer, I do not have high hopes for this.
This is to say, when I told it "set a timer for X minutes" it produced a UI on the phone that suggested it understood I wanted a timer, but failed the critical step of actually setting the damn timer. I immediately switched back to assistant, as there's really no coming back from a fuck-up that comprehensive.
It probably did either only half the syntax of the tool call or fucked up the number input lol
You would have also realized that Gemini no longer can stop timers that are going off by saying, "Stop".
This was pretty much the only thing I used Google Assistant for. I bought six Google devices. I thought I would use it for more things, but I ended up just using it for timers when making food or when I was resting and wanted to rest for 30 minutes before I do some chore.
Same here, it's 95% timers when cooking and 5% pause or shutting off the tv when the remote isn't in reach.