Google will replace Google Assistant on Android phones with Gemini later this year, the company announced on Friday.

Google Assistant's days are numbered. Google announced Friday that all Android devices are switching to Gemini as their default assistant and "the classic Google Assistant will no longer be accessible on most mobile devices.

Google's officially retiring its Assistant tool, instead migrating users to its AI-powered Gemini. In a blog post announcement, Google wrote: "Over the coming months, we’re upgrading more users on mobile devices from Google Assistant to Gemini;