Google Assistant Dies: Gemini Takeover Starts Now

Reviewed by: Jame Jimenez If you've lived with Google Assistant for the past decade, brace for a big switch. The trusty voice helper is getting the boot, and its replacement aims higher. Google has officially confirmed the shift, calling it "Gemini for Home," a new assistant experience and platform upgrade that will reshape how you use your phone, smart home, and digital life. The numbers do the talking. Page views to gemini.google.com more than doubled over the year, pushing Gemini's share of web traffic to generative AI tools to 12.9%, from 6.4%, while ChatGPT remains dominant with some 74 percent of chatbot web traffic, but that share has drifted down from around 87 percent in the past year. This is not Google polishing a few features; it is a pivot that closes one era and opens another. What's actually changing in your smart homeThis is more than a rebrand. Gemini officially began replacing Google Assistant on smart speakers and displays, and Google is framing it as a full platform