While Google Assistant is going to be around for a while, the future of Google-powered digital assistants now seems to be Gemini. Gemini comes preinstalled if you buy a Google Pixel 9 phone, and you can install the Android app on older Pixels and non-Pixel handsets. There’s also now an app for the iPhone .

Google has fleshed out the Gemini app as a gateway to most of the AI capabilities the company has developed in the last two years, going as far as giving users an option to replace Assistant with Gemini.

Gemini has a couple of menus you can access, forcing users to remember the correct menu to click. This could soon be fixed with a cleanup.

To raise awareness about the champisonship, Google is releasing a new 'Chess champ' Gem on Gemini. FIDE's livestream for the championship will feature 'Chatting Chess,' a Gemini-powered segment with AI commentary and chess trivia.

Well, thanks to a new AKP deep-dive, we know that Google could be looking to clean up Gemini’s interface. Gemini’s interface doesn’t look bad, it’s just full of clashing elements. There’s the rounded square box,