Google Assistant, which has provided many useful features, will undergo significant changes. The Mountain View giant has decided to remove a total of 17 features, focusing on quality rather than quantity. These changes may impact users’ experience with Google Assistant.
Which features are being removed?
According to information provided by the company, the following features will be removed: the ability to play audiobooks in Google Play Books using voice commands, setting multimedia alarms, managing cookbooks, using the smart stopwatch, sending messages to Google Family Group using voice commands, sending emails using voice commands, changing event schedules in Google Calendar using voice commands, using the App Drawer in Google Assistant’s car mode in Google Maps for reading and sending messages, and many others.
Why did Google make this decision?
Google argues that the removal of these features is a result of its commitment to the quality of Google Assistant. These specific features were deemed less useful or rarely used by users. The giant has therefore decided to remove them in order to improve the overall performance of the voice assistant.
What will be the consequences of removing these features?
From January 26, users who have used any of these 17 features will be notified of their discontinuation. Most features will be permanently disabled from February 26. This may require users to adapt to new ways of using Google Assistant and find alternative solutions for the features that will be ultimately removed.
Is this decision related to the introduction of ChatGPT in Android?
Although there are no official reports on this matter, some speculate that these two issues – the removal of Google Assistant features and the potential introduction of ChatGPT in Android – are related. ChatGPT has been proposed as an alternative to the classic Assistant, so it is possible that the changes in Google Assistant are connected to this new solution.
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