According to Android lice, is planning to release a stalone Assistant app on iOS, with an announcement possibly coming at I/O this week. According to the report, “The app would likely feature a blend of the “chat” style functionality in the lo version of Assistant the voice-controlled version found on Android,” but site cautions that “details are scant.” I/O kicks off dnesday morning, we’ll be glued to the keynote to see if this rumor comes to fruition. Now we’re talking: I/O would be an ideal venue for the release of Assistant on iOS. st year launched its new chatbot to the world, over the past 12 months has been working to bring it to as many phones devices as possible. But an ione app would seriously up the stakes in the battle between Assistant Siri, especially with the rumor that Apple is planning to release its own Home competitor at DC. OK , make us some popcorn.