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This feature has been around since Ice Cream Sandwich, released 2011 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Ice_Cream_Sandwich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And
by brian_cloutier 6y ago
This feature has been around since Ice Cream Sandwich, released 2011
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Ice_Cream_Sandwich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Ice_Cream_Sandwich
> Certain "System" apps (particularly those pre-loaded by carriers) that cannot be uninstalled can now be disabled. This hides the application and prevents it from launching, but the application is not removed from storage.
- gpm 6y agoDisabling google assistant broke various unrelated features. What I just found out I can do above is change the "Assistant" default app from being "Google Assistant" to being none - which stops the stupid swipe in the wrong way and it grabs focus and the bottom half of the screen "feature". Edit: And to be clear this doesn't remove all the places Assitant pops up, just the most annoying one. It still has prominent placement in the "system" settings for instance.
- brian_cloutier 6y agoAh, sorry, I should have been paying better attention.
- izacus 6y agoAre you sure you disabled Google Assistant (via one of two settings) and not the "Google" app which contains significantly more functionality than just the Assistant?
- gpm 6y agoUnderstand that I played with this a year ago, so my memory is a bit hazy. I believe that what happened was was after looking for any way to disable just assistant (e.g. under the "Assistant" system settings option) and not finding any I have up an tried to disable it at the app level. At the app level I saw (and still see) only a option to disable all of Google. It probably did not occur to me at the time to check the default app settings. > via one of two settings I only found the default apps way, what is the other?