Google Assistant dies on Android and Wear OS on September 4, 2026. Google has confirmed the date, ending a product that launched in 2016 and became the default voice interface on billions of Android devices.
The shutdown was expected. Google has been migrating users to Gemini for over a year, and the September date makes the transition a hard deadline, not a suggestion. Wear OS users lose Assistant the same day, leaving smartwatch voice control entirely dependent on Gemini's wearable support, which remains limited.
The original 9to5Google report is worth reading for the exact migration details and what functionality does and does not carry over to Gemini on each platform. If you manage Android deployments or build on Assistant APIs, that granularity matters.
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