Google Gemini AI looks like it’s coming to Android tablets and could coexist with Google Assistant (for now)

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Gemini AI looks like it’s coming to Android tablets and could coexist with

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Assistant (for now)

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’s new generative AI model, Gemini, is coming to Android tablets. Gemini AI has been observed running on a

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Pixel Tablet, confirming that Gemini can exist on a device alongside

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Assistant… for the time being, at least. Currently,

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Gemini is available to run on Android phones, and it’s expected that it will eventually replace

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Assistant,

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’s current virtual assistant that’s used for voice commands.

When Gemini is installed on Android phones, users would be prompted to choose between using Gemini and

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Assistant. It’s unknown if this restriction will apply to tablets when Gemini finally arrives for them – though at the moment it appears not. 

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, which did an in-depth report on the latest beta version (15.12) of the

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Play Store and discovered it contains code referring to using Gemini AI on a “tablet,” together with several features.

The code also shows that the

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app will host Gemini AI on tablets, instead of a standalone app that currently exists for Android phones.

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might be planning on a separate Gemini app for tablets and possibly other devices, especially if its plans to phase out

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Assistant are still in place. 

9to5Google also warns that as this is still a beta version of the

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could always change its mind and not roll out these features.

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Where does

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Assistant stand?

When 9to5Google activated Gemini on a Pixel Tablet, it found that

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Assistant and Gemini would function simultaneously. Gemini for Android tablets is yet to be finalized, so

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might implement a similar restriction that prevents both Gemini and

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Assistant running at the same time on tablets. When both were installed and activated, and the voice command “Hey

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” was used,

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Assistant was brought up instead of Gemini.

This in turn contradicted screenshots of the setup screen showing that Gemini will take precedence over

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Assistant if users choose to use it.

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The two digital assistants don’t have the same features yet and we know that the Pixel Tablet was designed to act as a smart display that uses

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Assistant when docked. Because

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Assistant will be used when someone asks Gemini to do something it’s unable to do, we may see the two assistants running in parallel for the time being, until Gemini has all of

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Assistant’s capabilities, such as smart home features. 

Meanwhile,

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that the Gemini experience on the Pixel Tablet is akin to the Pixel Fold and predicts that

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’s tablets will be the first Android to gain Gemini capabilities. This makes sense, as

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may want to use Gemini exclusivity to encourage more people to buy Pixel tablets in the future. The Android tablet market is a highly competitive one, and advanced AI capabilities may help Pixel tablets stand out.

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