Google Assistant stops supporting these 3rd-party displays
Google Assistant is a huge part of Android’s culture, and it’s extremely useful with third-party smart displays. While it’s been available to use on displays from the likes of Lenovo, LG, and more, that time has come to an end. Google is killing support for Assistant on a handful of third-party displays.
This is disappointing news, but it’s not all too unexpected. Google extended Assistant’s reach to several third-party displays in 2018 with an announcement at CES. The company announced that the LG ThinQ WK9, Lenovo Smart Display (8″ and 10″), and JBL Link View would support Assistant.
However, Google started to distance itself away from this starting in 2019 when it stopped development on the operating system that these displays ran on. It was called Android Things, and it was targeted at lower-powered IoT devices.
Now, Google Assistant is no longer supported on third-party displays
According to 9To5Google, Google sent an update to one of its support articles. It brought a notice saying that the aforementioned tablets (along with the 7″ Lenovo Smart Display) will no longer receive software updates. The reason that Google gave was that it would impact the quality of video calls and meetings.
That could be true, but we also can’t rule out it being the software’s time. Google discontinued support for it four years ago, so it’s a surprise that these devices were supported until now.
Google is looking toward the future
Now that Google closed the book on those devices, it can look forward. In case you don’t know, Google announced the Pixel Tablet last year. The company gave us more information on this device during the Pixel 7 launch event, and that made us more excited.
We’ve been getting a lot of information on that device as time went on. We expect this device to have a 10.95-inch display with a resolution of 2560 x 1600. As for the processor, this tablet is expected to use the Google Tensor G2 SoC and have up to 256GB of storage and either 8GB or 12GB of RAM.
We expect this tablet to launch later this year alongside the Pixel 7a. We will have more information before then.
Google Assistant is a huge part of Android’s culture, and it’s extremely useful with third-party smart displays. While it’s been available to use on displays from the likes of Lenovo, LG, and more, that time has come to an end. Google is killing support for Assistant on a handful of third-party displays.
This is disappointing news, but it’s not all too unexpected. Google extended Assistant’s reach to several third-party displays in 2018 with an announcement at CES. The company announced that the LG ThinQ WK9, Lenovo Smart Display (8″ and 10″), and JBL Link View would support Assistant.
However, Google started to distance itself away from this starting in 2019 when it stopped development on the operating system that these displays ran on. It was called Android Things, and it was targeted at lower-powered IoT devices.
Now, Google Assistant is no longer supported on third-party displays
According to 9To5Google, Google sent an update to one of its support articles. It brought a notice saying that the aforementioned tablets (along with the 7″ Lenovo Smart Display) will no longer receive software updates. The reason that Google gave was that it would impact the quality of video calls and meetings.
That could be true, but we also can’t rule out it being the software’s time. Google discontinued support for it four years ago, so it’s a surprise that these devices were supported until now.
Google is looking toward the future
Now that Google closed the book on those devices, it can look forward. In case you don’t know, Google announced the Pixel Tablet last year. The company gave us more information on this device during the Pixel 7 launch event, and that made us more excited.
We’ve been getting a lot of information on that device as time went on. We expect this device to have a 10.95-inch display with a resolution of 2560 x 1600. As for the processor, this tablet is expected to use the Google Tensor G2 SoC and have up to 256GB of storage and either 8GB or 12GB of RAM.
We expect this tablet to launch later this year alongside the Pixel 7a. We will have more information before then.
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