| LurkerJ said: That's sneaky, it's bound to piss some Android manufacturers off, Google is witholding a software feature to leverage their hardware business. I guess Google doesn't care now that Windows Mobile is completely dead. |
Nexus phones already have Assistant... its called Google Now (using voice to search/etc). This is exactly how Google handles new Apps that replace existing functionality. When they launched hangouts as a replacement to message, it came default on the latest Nexus and was an optional app later on other devices. I would expect Assistant to be the same. It will be defualt and replace all voice stuff from previous nexus phones as the default voice experience. In a few months it will launch as a stand-alone app you can install on your device... such as within Allo you can download now.
