Ahead of the rollout, though, Google is removing the Assistant-colored microphone from Android Auto, seemingly as it prepares for the switch. That’s no surprise, as Google confirmed that Gemini ...

If you have an LG OLED TV connected to the internet, you can access the Google Assistant by first linking to your account and then utilizing the microphone button found on the bundled remote.

It's been clear for some time that the Gemini AI app would be replacing Google Assistant, once it had learned all the necessary tricks and been granted all the required hooks into other apps.

In early February, Google announced that its ... users would now be able to use Google Assistant on their devices. The problem - users didn't know a microphone even existed on their Nest Secure ...