Gemini Everywhere—Microsoft Sheds 6K

Good morning, First AI Movers,

Google just yanked the old Assistant out of your car, watch, and TV. Let’s unpack that power move—then sprint through the rest of today’s AI circuit.

Google Makes Gemini the Default Brain

At a low-key “Android Show” ahead of I/O, Google confirmed that Gemini is replacing Assistant on Wear OS, Android Auto, Google TV, and the new Android XR platform. The rollout starts this summer, putting the same multimodal model in some 250 million cars and millions of smartwatches and TVs.

Why it matters

• One AI, all screens. Swapping a single model across devices stitches user context together—exactly the lock-in Google wants before Apple’s WWDC.

• Developers just got a bigger canvas. Voice-first “mini-apps” can now jump from wrist to dashboard without extra ports.

• Ambient AI gets real. With Gemini summarising messages, finding EV chargers, and answering random kid questions on TV, Google is betting convenience beats brand loyalty.

If you build cross-device experiences, the starting gun just fired.