"ChatGPT Poised to Become the New Assistant on Android Phones"

OpenAI's ChatGPT is being developed to support Android's assistant APIs, potentially allowing Android users to replace Google Assistant with ChatGPT as their system-wide voice assistant. The new feature would enable ChatGPT to be launched via voice commands and system gestures, and it could even respond to an always-on voice hotword if it were to be included as a bundled system application by an Android manufacturer. While still under development and not guaranteed for final release, this move could offer a significant alternative to Google Assistant, especially for search-related queries, although it may lack the app ecosystem for tasks like managing notes and reminders. Google, meanwhile, is working on enhancing its own Assistant with generative AI and developing a new assistant named "Pixie" for future Pixel devices.