Google: Hey we have this assistant feature . .
Me: No
Google: If you decide you want to try out new assistant . .
Me: No
Google: All you gotta do is …
Me: No
Me: Hmm I wonder what the quickest way to the event would be
Google Assistant: lol hey I was listening just in case you needed me, would you like my recommendations on clothes you can buy for the event?
… One Android update later
Me: skips “new on android” screen
Me: wonder what this new button does tap
Google Assistant: heyheyheeey
Wassa wassa wassa wassa wassuuuuuuuup? Google Assistaaaaaaaaaant!
Mesa called Goo Goo Assist.
G CONNEEEEEEEEECT!
Sseth here
And now I’m looking at iPhones again.
There are Google-free Android ROMs
You can also disable Google Assistant on any device
But then you’d still have a googled phone.
Yes but the meme specifically references being forced to use Google assistant.
Yes, but I use it as a springboard to shoot against Google in general.
Fair enough! Happy shooting to you, friend.
Sure, but you still get a ton of annoying pop ups asking you to re-enable it. If it doesn’t just do it without consulting you.
At least, that’s been my experience on various Samsung phones…
Weird, I’ve been using my S10e since release, turned off most Assistant stuff and have seen neither the Assistant nor any suggestions to use it. Is that a regional thing?
S10e has a dedicated Bixby button right next to volume down though and it’s quite difficult to reprogram it, if you don’t use Bixby.
I love that button! Use it to turn my flashlight, play/pause music, toggle screen rotation. One of the reasons I haven’t moved on from s10e. Others being reasonable size and 3.5mm jack.
Disable Bixby with the Android Debloat Utility
Maybe regional, maybe a problem introduced later than the s10 🤷
GrapheneOS my beloved
Yeah, if it was supported on other devices than a Google Phone, I’d probably love it (yes I know, it’s due to hardware that apparently no other manufacturer uses, but still it annoys me. A Fairphone with Graphene is my wet dream).
LineageOS ftw!
I’ve moved to DivestOS, a fork of Lineage. A bit more restrictive to Google stuff - can run MicroG/GServices isolated.
Not for every phone. I’d love to get a fairphone, but those are getting more and more expensive. I can’t afford those. Phones are BS nowadays
That’s true, unfortunately.
Btw, if you’re into FP for sustainability reasons, maybe you want to look at Teracube
You got a favorite? I’ve been shopping but degoogled non-apple phones seems to be a narrow region with many obstacles for the uninitiated.
I use graphene os and its great and fairly easy to install. Only works on Pixel devices though so you would have to get one of those.
Degoogle your life
Disable the google app and assistant app on Android. Ez. You’ll never have to deal with it again you’re welcome.
Or use ADB and remove them, that’s what I did with all the Samsung and Google junk in this phone.
Yeah, this is one of the first things I did and I’ve not seen the Google Assistant for years.
This is the way.
What assistant? I’ve never had any annoying popups.
Is it not available for android 11?Or it could be because I’ve had “Google” app disabled for the past 3 years.
The old assistant was decent but the AI one is a dumpster fire.
The old assistant wasn’t bad, especially before they put lens in the search widget instead of being off in its own place where it belongs so that I can uninstall it.
I thought Gemini needed 6 more months of development to be ready for prime time. Apparently I wildly underestimated it. Simple tasks barely work and it offloads anything useful to the old assistant anyway.
I set up a separate assistant button because the assistant on the search bar, even without Gemini, only searches now. I use Firefox so I don’t need it for search. I use it to add things to my to do list and to set timers, the only two things voice assistants are good for in my life.
I don’t understand why they won’t just let me use technology the way I want to use it rather than trying to force me to use it their way. Well, I refuse to understand even though I kind of get it (if I used shit the way I wanted they’d never have the opportunity to show me an advertisement).
Edit: clarity
Simple tasks barely work and it offloads anything useful to the old assistant anyway.
Even worse, some more obscure things I used Google Assistant for, like a coin throw, are not even forwarded to the old assistant. I only get a “I’m sorry, but I can’t do that, but I can explain to you what a coin is”.
How did you set up the button? Is there a widget for it I did not see?
I removed Gemini and installed assistant. That made it searchable in my app list. Then I just plopped the button on my home screen. When I short press the button it pops up something that asks me to try Gemini, but I just say whatever it is I want and it does it just like it used to in the search bar.
I just disable all google apps i don’t need…I would uninstall them but im not rooted.
I tried the new assistant, it took 2 minutes.
“<movie title> on imdb” no longer opens the app with the movie.
Switched back immediately.
Eat your yogurt, you fucking chud.
I wish it was a better situation in Apple land. Gotta dodge Apple Arcade, Apple Music, Apple TV nags with every update.
I recently discovered if I hold down at the bottom it pops up and every time I’m like “Begone demon!”
There’s usually a way to rebind that. I have mine set to search the web.
What’s Google Assistant?
it’s like siri, i deactivate it and it activates back itself
I miss Google assistant… Now when got discount Google assistant as Gemini
Not sure what you are getting, but for me they made it harder to get to the assistant. Now I have to swipe exactly from an edge up to open it. Before that I could just use the search bar
Got an AUX to USB-C adapter that likes to malfunction and call upon Google Assistent when plugging it first in. Deactivated it, but the damn Popup still appears telling me that Google assistent is deactivated. Just a plain nuisance
