AI is quickly taking over the smartphone industry. When it comes to Android handsets, almost every company has its own brand of AI suite these days, and every one of them has some sort of AI chatbot at the center of its software package. We know some of the popular ones are ChatGPT, Claude, Meta AI, and Gemini, but which one is the most capable chatbot for AI assistance?
Despite what companies may advertise to the general AI user, the fact that Gemini and Android are deeply integrated means that other chatbots simply stand no chance to compete with Google’s new AI assistant. We are about to give you five reasons why Gemini is a better Android assistant.
The first one is pretty obvious. As we mentioned, Google, Android, and Gemini go hand-in-hand, and ever since the AI boom, these three are more inseparable than ever. Android phones come with Google services out-of-the-box, and most of the new ones come with Gemini built-in.
Gemini has replaced the “Hey Google” assistant, and it now works natively, integrated with all the Google services you have signed up for. It handles requests faster and accurately, and collects info from your data for better assistance. For instance, you can ask it about details in the recent email you received, or find info about a specific file in your Drive.
AI assistants are only useful when they are easily accessed with voice commands. Gemini works the same as Google Assistant, so you can invoke it by saying “Hey Google,” which most users already know. Also, you can call it by swiping up and holding from the home screen, long press the home button, and accessibility.
Some phones even allow holding the power button for an assistant. Even updated Google Apps have a Gemini assistant button tucked away somewhere in the UI, which you can summon from within apps like Drive, Messages, Gmail, etc.
Gemini is one of the few chatbots that acts as both an LLM and a Virtual Assistant, but you might have to manually set Gemini to be your AI assistant in settings. Case in point, Samsung comes with Bixby assistant by default, but you have the freedom to change it to Gemini (Installed from Play Store) or Google from Settings.
Gemini is available on almost every major platform through WebApp, or you can install it from Google Play or Apple Store as a native app. It’s a widely accessible Virtual Assistant/AI chatbot, compared to the rest with limited functionality.
Part of why AI Assistants are so powerful now is their ability to make conversations. Gemini as a virtual assistant seems to be the only natively usable AI tool that you can interact with in a conversational tone to run macros and assign tasks. Gone are the days when you needed specific keywords to trigger actions.
Even though Galaxy AI (Bixby) and Apple Intelligence (Siri) are giving tough competition to Google with AI-imbued virtual assistants, Gemini still gives us a better and well-rounded experience in that category, at least for Android phones.
Over the years, Google has tried to make sure that there’s less friction, jumping from one Google service to the other. Gemini seems to bind everything together, and it makes access to Google services pretty convenient with voice commands and contextual awareness in conversations.
Google always intended Gemini to be a voice assistant, and the company accomplished it by replacing Google Assistant with a faster and more reliable AI chatbot. As far as AI assistants go, Gemini is more accessible, it also acts as a virtual assistant, brings you more features, reduces friction between online services, and is fully integrated with other Google Apps. That is why Android users should stick with Gemini instead of third-party AI assistants.
