The concerns were correct: AI is killing jobs; If not, ask Google Assistant. Gemini is replacing the old Google Assistant at home, and Microsoft now lets you too Set Copilot as an Android Assistant app.

Microsoft doesn’t want to be late for the funeral of Google Assistant, which offers users the ability to configure Copilot as assistant appthose launched by a long press on the home button, the power button, or the appropriate gesture.

Copilot with ChatGPT is your assistant

For years the Android Assistant application has been used as Android Assistant, but the system allows us to configure it to open other compatible applications. Microsoft Copilot now for Android configurable as assistant.

For the option to appear, you need to use Copilot Beta 27.9.420225014 or later, which is available in both the beta program and APKMirror. The setting is found in system options > Applications > Default applications And digital assistant.

If you choose Copilot, the next time you try to open Android Assistant The Copilot main screen will open. For now, Copilot for Android doesn’t have a bottom panel like in Google Assistant or Gemini, so the result isn’t overly polished. Basically, it is a way to open Copilot on Android whenever you want.

With this change you switch to limited Google Assistant from Copilot based on ChatGPT, someone who knows jokes much better, among other things. On the other hand, it is less integrated into the system, or rather, it is not integrated at all.

As we said before, The weak point of using Copilot as a companion app It lacks the Assistant interface, which is something that happens when you use Gemini as Assistant. This is expected to change in future updates.

With this move, Microsoft is trying to make the definitive maneuver. sneak into a privileged place on our phones Android, although it came a little late. Google has already made a move by turning the old Assistant into Gemini without the need to install or configure anything additional.

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