Your Android phone may be recording your voice when you didn't want it to. Here's how to turn off Google assistant.

Google Assistant can be a very useful feature on your Android phone, but it requires a ton of permissions which you may not be comfortable with.

Gemini, Google’s generative AI assistant and rival to ChatGPT, has become integral to high-end Android phones over the past year, gradually superseding the more basic Google Assistant.

Soon you won't need to open the ChatGPT app to talk to the chatbot on Android, as you'll be able to set it as the default assistant.

If you're more fond of Microsoft's alternative, though, you can replace Google Assistant with Cortana as your default Android phone assistant.

Google has announced that Gemini will replace Google Assistant on most Android phones later in 2025.

Google's Gemini Will Fully Replace Assistant on Most Phones This Year Headphones and watches will also switch to Gemini, while smart home devices will become "powered" by it.

The Google Assistant is gaining the ability to power your phone off with your voice, possibly exclusively on Android 12.