Why trust Greenbotgiveth, then it taketh away. The latest casualty to undergo the Mountain View culling is the Device Assist app, which was built to offer quick tips, troubleshooting suggestions, quick access to support.
Now when you fire up the app you’ll see a notice that it’s going away under the Detected Issues section. Touch the card you’ll get a link for more information. That’ll send you over to an official tips page, where ironically the current featured tip is for ione users.
The most critical issue you’ll see is that the Device Assist app is shutting down.
The app is still available from the ay Store, but surely this won’t be the case for long. If you have a Nexus phone need help from , your best bet is to head to the support page where you can get assistance via chat or a phone call.
The story behind the story: has become pretty quick about giving the axe to products that don’t gain traction. A recent example is the eliminating of the ”Together” feature from Android ar. However, it wouldn’t be impossible to see some of these features come back in some form with the next Nexus phones, as has promised additional software features to make the Nexus line st out.
