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Earlier this year, Perplexity rolled out an Android app that gave you the ability to make it your default voice assistant over Gemini. You now have that option with ChatGPT, too. ChatGPT's Android app ...

The latest ChatGPT beta now lets you set ChatGPT as the default assistant on Android. This will let you invoke ChatGPT with buttons and gestures. Invoking ChatGPT through this launches the assistant’s ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

A recent update to the Microsoft Copilot app for Android has positioned it as a contender to replace Google Assistant or Bixby as the default digital assistant on Android devices. This beta update, ...

Google is now turning Assistant into Gemini by default. When you download the Assistant Android app, you get Gemini instead, complete with a different app icon. You’ll have to manually switch back to ...

A new beta version of the Copilot AI got a massive feature from Microsoft, and this allows the renowned generative AI companion to be the default assistant on Android smartphones. In this latest beta ...

If you’re content with what Google offers in Gemini, you might leave the AI assistant as your default option when it comes to long-pressing the power button. However, the digital assistant that you ...

If you're a long-time Android user, the chances are you have already used Google Assistant at least once. Bundled with Android, Google Assistant is supposed to make running certain tasks hands-free ...