Google Assistant is able to activate simply by the user saying "Okay Google," at any time, without pushing any buttons first. That means the microphone is always listening.
The very first sentence of your post is wrong. The GameCube was more powerful than the PS2, making it the second most powerful console of that generation, just behind the Xbox.
... the rest of your post is pretty decent though...
Switched to Wayland recently. Went to go play MechWarrior 5 with some friends and my mouse didn't work properly in the game. Switched back to Xorg. No more problems.
The acquisition was in July of 2022, so it's been about a year. It got talked about a little bit on r/android, but I'm surprised at how low key the whole thing was.
Google Assistant is able to activate simply by the user saying "Okay Google," at any time, without pushing any buttons first. That means the microphone is always listening.