Goodbye Google Assistant...Hello Bard (and Gemini)

Is the end of the Google Assistant coming now? Is Google Bard about to take over? Will we see Google Bard come to Nest smart displays and the Google Nest Mini, Nest Audio, and Nest Hubs? There are a lot of questions about the Google Assistant right now, especially with layoffs at Google, the fact that Google Bard is being released into some Apps and APKs, and because we're able to test some of the new generative AI features of Google's Bard.

But will your Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit devices get any of this? That's what we'll talk about today.

Websites and articles referenced in today's video:
https://9to5google.com/2024/01/16/google-assistant-bard-rebrand/ - Great work by the 9 To 5 Google Team
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-nest-fitbit-hardware-restructure-3402034 - Restructuring teams
https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/17/24042417/google-layoffs-2024-internal-employee-memo-sundar-pichai - More layoffs to come, and a focus on AI
https://support.google.com/assistant/answer/13971691 - 17 Google Assistant Features being killed in February
https://killedbygoogle.com/ - Go see everything Google's killed over the years.

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