The Assistant was removed from new hardware entries in the Nest Wi-Fi and FitBit lines, and after losing a patent case against Sonos, Assistant speakers were stripped of group volume control. In the past year, we've seen the shutdown of the Google Assistant's driving mode and the Assistant's Duplex on the Web. ![]() The last hardware release of a Google Assistant smart screen or speaker was two years ago, and that capped off eight hardware releases in five years. Google Assistant has been around for about seven years and seems to have fallen out of favor at Google. Google tells 9to5Google that Google Keep will keep working-it is seemingly plugged into the same system as third parties-but all those third-party apps are being cut off. It was a great system, but now that's going away, too. Google Keep, Any.do, AnyList, and Bring were all available at launch, and the Assistant would seamlessly dump your notes into your preferred app and allow you to update them by voice. Even if you didn't mind the change, which essentially turned your notes into an ad for Google's shopping site, the note-taking features got a major downgrade, going from the fully featured Google Keep app to Google Express' barely there web app.įurther Reading More Google Assistant shutdowns: Third-party smart displays are deadIn 2019, presumably after forced Google Express integration didn't juice the services numbers, Google Assistant received another note-taking revamp, this time allowing users to pick whatever note-taking app they wanted from the Assistant settings. As someone who often used the shopping list for groceries, having it tied to an online store I had no intention of ever using was pretty silly. They used to land in Google Keep no matter what, but then Google blew up that functionality in 2017 and forced all shopping notes into "Google Express," Google's Amazon Prime competitor. Exactly where these notes land has been a point of contention over the years. One of the best Assistant commands lets you dictate notes directly into the voice system, letting you create reminders, shopping lists, or just new, plain-format notes. The popular Android note-taking app AnyList announced the change, saying that "Google is shutting down the Google Assistant Notes & Lists integration for non-Google apps on June 20, 2023." Google's support page has since been updated confirming that, "starting June 20th, Google Assistant notes and lists will no longer work with non-Google list apps." This time Google is killing off support for third-party note integration. The deprioritized Google Assistant is losing yet another feature. ![]() Google Assistant might be doomed: Division “reorganizes” to focus on Bard.RIP to Dropcams, Nest Secure: Google is shutting down servers next year.YouTube Stories, Google’s clone of Snapchat, is dying on June 26.Google Assistant kills off support for third-party note apps. ![]() Waymo kills off autonomous trucking program.Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance reader comments 74 with Google kills product
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