Andy Rubin’s Essential Phone to Release in June With Its Own Digital Assistant

Andy Rubin recently announced the new smartphone from Essential company, a modular device that features premium specs and a very appealing design. Reservations for the new phone are already live in the US, but the exact release date wasn’t disclosed.

Andy Rubin did recently say that the smartphone should arrive in the next 30 days, which means that its release date could be by the end of June. However, an exact date wasn’t provided. In an interview with Recode, Rubin said that the new Essential phone, which runs stock Android 7 Nougat, will also come with its own virtual assistant.

The digital assistant is already available on Essential’s Home smart speaker, which was recently unveiled. The virtual assistant will compete against ...