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Google has replaced the Google Assistant app on Android with Gemini by default (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This means:

Downloading or updating the Assistant app now gives you Gemini instead.
You can switch back to Assistant in the Gemini app settings.
This might be Google's first step towards replacing Assistant completely with Gemini.
Some users are unaware of the switch and see two Gemini apps on their phones.

Overall, this may suggest Google is phasing out Assistant and transitioning users to the newer Gemini AI technology.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I need a degoogle wiki to all me through all the things I can do to degoogle and what conveniences I might loose and potential workarounds for them. E.g. I spent a few hours getting rid of chrome, but then found out that if I want to use maps from my home screen, I can't use the search bar and I need another button on my homescreen. Also, apparently I use the images tab on Google often, and ddg doesn't have an images filter.

So anyway, without good replacements for my typical workflow, I end up just adding inconvenience and still falling back on the old workflows when I can't figure out how to get what I need degoogled.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Flash Lineage or DivestOS, then add non-google apps as needed.

Install GApps into a different user profile (pretty sure it's Lineage that works this way now, may be DivestOS).

OK, that's not for everyone. Start with the Universal Android Debloat Utility

It's really good at showing what you can safely disable, and is easy to re-enable stuff if you have problems. I've only ever had issues from disabling stuff listed as problematic.

I don't know of a good list like you're describing - your chrome issue was likely because you disabled the rendering engine, and not just chrome. Android needs a web rendering engine (the default is chrome), which can be replaced.

Edit: Another commenter linked to this list