Users say Google abandoned its assistant app, but praise Gemini in AI Search
bookwormengr · x · 2026-09-30
Users are calling out Google for having "completely dropped the ball" on its assistant app, with the long-gone Spark project cited as a disappointment — while the same users praise Gemini's integration in AI Search, highlighting a stark gap between Google's assistant products and its search-side AI.
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