The company had earlier stopped supporting third-party smart displays and deprecated Conversational Actions, which allowed developers to build custom experiences for the Assistant. Despite these changes, the Assistant remains a significant part of the Android operating system and the Google-led smart home. There are speculations that Google may offer a "classic" version of the Assistant that doesn't integrate the Bard chatbot.
Key takeaways:
- Google is discontinuing the "animal of the day" feature on its Assistant by the end of November.
- The company is prioritizing the most popular features on Google Assistant, which means less popular ones like "animal of the day" are being phased out.
- Google has also stopped supporting third-party smart displays and deprecated Conversational Actions, which allowed developers to build custom experiences for the Assistant.
- There are speculations that Google might offer a "classic" version of the Assistant that doesn't integrate the Bard chatbot, possibly to appeal to Android users who are less interested in Google's AI projects.