New Delhi, March 17 -- ChatGPT is gaining new ground - this time with Android users. With the recent beta update (v1.2025.070), OpenAI's ChatGPT is set to take over as Google's Gemini default virtual assistant. This feature shift enables the chat assistant to function at a system-wide capacity, just like Google's AI.

Main Takeaways:

In beta, setting ChatGPT as your default assistant on Android is now available.

Users can now use system shortcuts such as pressing the home button to launch the chatbot.

Google still does not allow the use of Hotword activation for other AI services.

ChatGPT can now be activated with the default navigation gestures and buttons as of the recent update, meaning the application does not have to be opened ma...