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  • Google Assistant is ditching the ability to set reminders based on a specific location.
  • This could be tied to the future rollout of a new Assistant feature called "Memory," which saves your content in a convenient location.
  • The digital assistant will also no longer allow you to assign reminders to specific people soon.

It's bad news for people who rely on the assistant to set reminders The voice assistant will no longer be able to assign reminders to specific people.

The news was quietly announced in a note on the Help page of the search engine. The ability to create reminders for a location is going away.

This handy feature is getting the ax, but the company didn't explain why. There was a request for comment from the company, but they didn't reply immediately.

It is possible to forget what you want to do when you are in a specific place. You can ask the Assistant to remind you to buy a bottle of milk on some of the best smart displays. The voice assistant will alert you if you reach the nearest shop.

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This feature is being phased out but you can still ask the assistant to remind you. This is a great feature for receiving reminders. It's possible to set routines when you arrive at a specific place.

Users who rely on Assistant to remind them of things they've been meaning to do when they reach a certain location will be disappointed by the feature's removal. On the other hand, location-based reminders didn't seem to work well for some users, as evidenced by comments in this thread about the feature's removal. When it was announced that it would be discontinued, some people weren't aware of it.

The ability to assign reminders to family members or anyone who signs in to the same device as you is one of the features that will be eliminated. You'll still be able to assign tasks in either of the two websites.

It's not clear when these features will stop working. A new Assistant feature called "Memory," which was spotted early last year, will allow you to save on-screen content, reminders, and other things in a convenient location, according to 9to5google.

It makes sense for some of the Assistant's reminders to go away in order to make way for the new feature, which is called Memory.