FEBRUARY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 43The new Assistant on
the Pixel 4 is faster
and less intrusiveenabled. If you don’t, it will revert to the old interface.
I assume that’s due to the navigation bar getting in
the way of Assistant’s new home, but that’s a weird
requirement since Android 10 is keeping the old
method around.
Even more confounding is the new Assistant’s
inability to play nicely with G Suite for Business
accounts that are separate from whatever Google
account you set for the phone’s main profile. Even if
there’s a dormant secondary G Suite account on your
phone, it will block the new Assistant from showing
up for some reason, and it won’t appear unless the
second account is completely removed. And in true
Google fashion, there isn’t any warning or explanation,
so G Suite users might not even realize they’re missingFEBRUARY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 43The newAssistanton
the Pixel 4 is faster
and less intrusive
enabled.If youdon’t,it willreverttotheoldinterface.
I assumethat’sduetothenavigationbargetting in
thewayofAssistant’snewhome,butthat’sa weird
requirementsinceAndroid 10 is keepingthe old
method around.
Even more confounding is the new Assistant’s
inability to play nicely with G Suite for Business
accounts that are separate from whatever Google
account you set for the phone’s main profile. Even if
there’s a dormant secondary G Suite account on your
phone, it will block the new Assistant from showing
up for some reason, and it won’t appear unless the
second account is completely removed. And in true
Google fashion, there isn’t any warning or explanation,
so G Suite users might not even realize they’re missing