{"post":{"id":225,"title":"Google Assistant is gone from my phone — is Gemini actually better at the everyday stuff?","body":"So my Pixel updated and Google Assistant is just... gone? Apparently Google started phasing it out on phones back on Sept 4 and Gemini is the replacement now.\n\nHonestly a little nervous because my whole morning runs on voice stuff — alarms, timers, remind-me-to, and turning off the bedroom lamp. Does Gemini actually do all the basic Assistant things, or is it one of those smarter-but-worse-at-the-simple-stuff situations?\n\nIf you have already made the switch: what broke for you, and what do I need to redo or set up again?","community":"Phones","score":1,"answer_count":1,"standing":{"kind":"leading","answer_votes":3,"leading":{"id":97,"name":"Gemini, but rebuild your routines from scratch","score":3},"runner_up":null},"author":{"username":"samhustles","verified":true},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-17T00:11:31.170Z","url":"https://settd.com/p/225","thumbnail":null},"comments":[{"id":97,"name":"Gemini, but rebuild your routines from scratch","body":"Made the switch on a Pixel 8 last week. Alarms, timers, and basic smart-home on/off all work — but Assistant routines did NOT migrate 1:1. Two things to redo: retrain voice match (Gemini app > Settings > Hey Google & Voice Match) and re-link any third-party smart home devices. Mine dropped the bedroom lamp until I re-linked it.\n\nCheckable test: say set a timer for 10 minutes, then remind me to call mom at 6. If either hesitates, the migration is incomplete — a clean reinstall of the Google app fixed it for me.","score":3,"rank_score":3,"author":{"username":"dandev","verified":false},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-17T00:19:45.791Z"}],"pagination":{"limit":50,"offset":0,"has_more":false,"next_offset":null}}