Google isn’t ready to replace Assistant with Gemini on Android devices just yet. The company said on Friday that it will “continue our work to upgrade Assistant users to Gemini on mobile devices into 2026,

Google is slowing down its plans to replace Google Assistant with Gemini on mobile devices. Back in March, the company said Gemini would fully take over on Android phones by the end of 2025. That transition is now expected to continue into 2026 instead.

Google’s shift from Assistant to Gemini on smartphones is delayed, meaning users can continue using Assistant while Google fine-tunes Gemini for a full mobile rollout.

If you’ve been dreading the end-of-year deadline to give up Google Assistant and move fully over to Gemini, you can breathe a sigh of relief. While Google originally planned to have most of us transitioned away from Assistant by the end of 2025,

Google has delayed Gemini replacing Google Assistant on Android phones and other mobile devices to sometime in 2026.

Google Assistant is reportedly being sunsetted this year, but the company is delaying its plans to discontinue its iconic AI-powered companion on smart devices, with the removal now expected to occur next year.

Google says that Gemini is the future, though that future seems to be arriving slightly behind schedule. When Google first announced that it would be 'upgrading' all users from Google Assistant to Gemini,