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Magic Cue launched on Pixel 10 phones, offering to find useful info in your apps and bring it to your attention.
\nProactive Assistance debuted with the Pixel 11 series, working quite similarly to Magic Cue, and we\u2019ve been wondering if it\u2019s meant to replace it.
\nNew text strings now highlight Google\u2019s plans to move Magic Cue users to Proactive Assistance by the end of 2027.<\/p>\n
Google first introduced Proactive Assistance<\/a> with the Pixel 11 series this year, and now it looks like the company is getting ready to fully replace Magic Cue with its new system \u2014 eventually.<\/p>\n APK teardown<\/p>\n This reporting is based on work-in-progress code. These features may not ship.<\/p>\n You’re reading an Android Authority exclusive story you won\u2019t find anywhere else. An APK teardown helps predict features that may arrive on a service in the future based on work-in-progress code. However, it is possible that such predicted features may not make it to a public release. More Authority Insights \u2192<\/a>Read more \u2192<\/p>\n Looking at version 21.20261002.09.pixel.release.26q4 of Device Intelligence, we\u2019ve spotted some new text strings that finally begin to clearly spell out the nature of this transition:<\/p>\n Code<\/p>\n Copy TextYou can still get personalized, time-saving suggestions with Proactive Assistance. Once you turn on Proactive Assistance, you can no longer use Magic Cue.
Yes, that\u2019s right: 2027. If we were only seeing this once, we might think that was a typo for December 2026, but instead it looks like Google might be giving itself a good, long lead when it comes to migrating Magic Cue users over to Proactive Assistance.<\/p>\n Based on these strings, though, that\u2019s exactly what the company is up to. At some point, presumably, users will start seeing that deprecation notice, alerting them to Magic Cue\u2019s ticking clock. It sounds like they\u2019ll have the option to move over ahead of that cut-off, and Google just makes clear that this is a one-way transition, with Proactive Assistance permanently replacing Magic Cue.<\/p>\n In our experiences with the two, we\u2019ve definitely had a few complaints about both not quite living up to our expectations \u2014 but Google\u2019s clearly not done with Proactive Assistance just yet, and there\u2019s always the chance to see improvement. And honestly, everything else being equal, \u201cProactive Assistance\u201d is arguably just a far more intuitive name than \u201cMagic Cue.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMagic Cue ends Dec 2027
\n“You can still get personalized, time-saving suggestions with Proactive Assistance.
\nOnce you turn on Proactive Assistance, you can no longer use Magic Cue.”
\nMagic Cue is ending in December 2027<\/p>\n