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Google Assistant will vanish from Android phones and connected devices in September (www.engadget.com)
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[–] gera@feddit.nu 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

It's already dead pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox

[–] stardreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Need a follow up on this, since I've always assumed that package is essential.

  1. Is this on a Pixel?
  2. What happens to the space where the search bar is on the launcher?
  3. Does it break anything else?
[–] gera@feddit.nu 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)
  1. Nah, I have a non-unlockable Xperia, otherwise I'd just flash custom firmware
  2. I don't remember the search bar, it disappears i guess. The circle button that used to summon assistant now does nothing
  3. Deleting this package is safe. Just don't delete system-related packages. Once I was cleaning up someone's Xiaomi and tried to delete its antivirus with adb. It was stuck in boot loop after that so i had to do hard reset.
[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

I'm on graphene and I don't have it even with gsf and google play stuff installed