How to stop ads for turning on Google Assistant? I'm not sure what's changed but the past week or two I've been getting notification ads for Google assistant every day, very annoying.

They take the format of 'why not call a friend?' 'Want a joke? ' - Turn assistant on! That kind of utterly valueless nonsense.

I believe these come from the Google app, but here's the thing:

1) Google App notifications are OFF
2) I cannot remove or disable the Google App

How do I stop these daily ads I didn't consent to? I've hunted and there is nothing in the settings anywhere allowing this.

Very grateful for help.
Turns out turning off auto update on the play store has fixed it. No idea why or how, very unexpected - but it's done it!

I'd be interested to hear if anyone else with this issue can resolve it the same way.