Google Assistant
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
1warn against
Jan 6, 2026first mention
Oct 3, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Yeah I used the old Assistant regularly”
“I use it on the phone to set alarms, add tasks or calendar events”
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“Gemini cannot do various things I used to do with assistant”
“it used to use google assistant to process voice commands and it was pretty fast”
“I use Google Assistant for things like "add a reminder", "set an alarm"”
Caveats and dissent
“Google Assistant with Gemini is almost close to useless.”
Android useron “Apple Pass Designer”
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Data: google-assistant.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 6
“Google Assistant with Gemini is almost close to useless.”
“Yeah I used the old Assistant regularly”
“I use it on the phone to set alarms, add tasks or calendar events”
“Gemini cannot do various things I used to do with assistant”
“it used to use google assistant to process voice commands and it was pretty fast”
“I use Google Assistant for things like "add a reminder", "set an alarm"”