Google Is Planning to Low-Key Nix Its Location-Based Assistant Reminders, but Why Now?

Thanks, Google. Well, if you go to the Google Assistant Help page, it now says that the ability to create reminders on the app “is going away soon.” Additionally, the ability to assign a reminder to someone else is also going the way of the dodo. 9to5Google first reported that the tech giant’s plans to ax location based reminders on Google Assistant-enabled devices, such as user phones or Google Home.