When it first launched the Gemini app on Android, however, it restricted iOS users to a secondary tab that lives in the official Google app. So, those interested in relying on the company’s AI had to deal with the bloated web browsing app. Fortunately ...

In the AI chatbot world, ubiquity is everything. Companies have raced to build desktop and mobile apps for their bots, in order to both give them new capabilities but also to make sure they’re right in front of your face as often as possible.

It took Google years to make Google Assistant as useful as it was at its peak, and Gemini is looking to take its place. However, it hasn’t been a graceful transition. Gemini still can’t perform several of the tasks that Google Assistant can,