Google will replace Google Assistant on Android phones with Gemini later this year, the company announced on Friday.

This is the first official declaration from Google that the Google Assistant is on its way out, but it’s not like we weren’t expecting it. Gemini is already the default experience on most mainstream Android devices,

The classic Google Assistant “will no longer be accessible on most mobile devices or available for new downloads on mobile app stores” at some point “later this year.” “Additionally, we’ll be upgrading tablets,