Google Assistant will continue to be available for mobile devices until 2026

Google has detailed that it is adjusting the timeline for transitioning your Google Assistant to Gemini which will be available to mobile users until 2026instead of ending in 2025, as planned.

The tech giant began the process of switching from Google Assistant to its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI)-powered service on mobile devices in March this year, with the goal of later expanding to tablets and cars with Android Auto. At that time, the company already announced that the classic Google Assistant would no longer be available for most smartphones a end of this year 2025.

However, Google has now detailed that they will continue working to upgrade Assistant users to Gemini during next year 2026, in a change to its previously announced schedule.

This was detailed by the technology company in a statement on its support page, where it explained that it is a change with which they intend “ensure a seamless transition” to AI-powered assistant experience and that they will share more details about their plans “in the coming months.”

It must be taken into account that, during the month of November, Google already indicated that the transition from Google Assistant to Gemini It would end in March of next year 2026. However, this information was only published on the support page of Android Auto so the company made exclusive reference to this service for cars.

It should be noted that the Google Assistant is launched in 2016 with capabilities such as natural language processing and speech recognition technology, two features that allowed users to “get help from Google more naturally.”

Almost a decade later, the emergence of generative AI has pushed Google to modify your service and redesign your assistant to make it the “most useful in the world.” This is because Gemini will understand the same commands as Google Assistant and will allow users to speak more naturally.

Therefore, when the Google Assistant is discontinued in 2026, it will no longer be available to Android users, making way for an AI-based experience.