Google Assistant is evolving into Gemini, bringing powerful new AI capabilities but also discontinuing some favorite features.

Google is officially retiring its iconic digital assistant this year. The company will replace it, of course, with Gemini, its generative AI bot.

At Google I/O 2025, the company teased upcoming features coming to its latest AI assistant. Here's the rundown.

Google Assistant is being replaced by Gemini as the default voice assistant on Android devices. The Assistant Driving Mode feature on Google Maps is also going away for good in favor of Gemini.