OnePlus has confirmed plans to pre-install Gemini on future devices and put Google Assistant in the background.
Google is slowly moving away from Assistant, Android’s default voice assistant, in favor of the AI-powered Gemini, but the new experience still can’t do many of the things the old experience did. But more and more Android devices are starting to offer Gemini as their default voice assistant experience.
Following Motorola and Google Pixel, OnePlus has announced that it will be ditching Google Assistant in its “upcoming flagship series of phones” in favor of Gemini.
Of course, Google Assistant is still available on these devices, it’s just not the default option. Instead, users must open the Gemini app and manually switch back to Assistant. For existing OnePlus devices upgrading to OxygenOS 15, Assistant will remain in place unless the user has already upgraded to Gemini or decides to do so themselves.
OnePlus’ upcoming flagship series phones will come with Google Gemini pre-installed as the default assistant. Users of other OnePlus smartphones can download the standalone Google Gemini app, but Google Assistant works as the default assistant.
The first smartphone to feature Gemini as default will be the OnePlus 13, which is expected to be announced in China this month ahead of a global rollout in the coming months.
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