Even in this new world ofBardandBing, it’s unlikely that Assistant is going away.
More recently, Google isending support for third-party Google Assistant smart displays.
There have been at least a fewnewsarticlesrecentlymaking that assumption.
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That pushes back the timeline for Google’s voice assistant efforts to around 2012, over a decade ago.
For Google Assistant, there are no more worlds to conquer.
That’s nearly twice the population of the United States.
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Google Assistant is fine.
I would much rather Assistant stays in its current state than becomesomething like Microsoft Edge.
The other evidence for Assistant winding down seems… far-fetched.
Bard and Bing Chat even have a similar messaging chat-style interface as Google Assistant on phones and tablets.
The first problem is computing power.
Google Assistant is primarily powered by cloud servers, which is whyGoogle’s original 2016 smart speakerstill works today.
Pixel phones havean on-rig versionthat can answer some responses without any servers.
Bard and other similar AI technologies are large language models (LLMs) that require far more computing power.
There are other problems with Bard that make it a poor replacement for Assistant.
In its current form, Bard usually doesn’t provide sources, and likes to make up information.
Google I/O, the yearly event where Google reveals new products and developer tools, ishappening again next month.
