Google Assistant lands on older Android phones

Google Assistant has been available on recent Android phones for a while. However, that still puts it out of reach of many Android users when a whopping 46.5 percent of active Android users are running a version older than Marshmallow. To help address this, Google is making Assistant available for devices running Android Lollipop. If you’re still rocking an older phone, you’ll get the same AI helper as a shiny new handset.

The update is starting to reach phones with English language settings in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, India, and Singapore. It’ll also be available in Spanish in the US, Mexico, and Spain, and will hit devices in Brazil, Germany, Italy, Japan and South Korea.

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