Hands-On By Mike Wuerthele Thursday, May 18, 2017, 08:57 am PT (11:57 am ET) After a year stuck just on Android devices, and then another year on the iPhone, Siri competitor Google Assistant has come over to the iPad —AppleInsider fires it up, to see how it fares on its own, and compared to Apple's offering.Editor's note: We first examined Google Assistant when it launched in 2017. With the release of the iPad version, we've reinstalled the assistant, and given it another go. Announced during Google's I/O keynote in May 2017, Google Assistant promises to bring the full force of Google services to bear —and it's now been updated for the iPad. It remains relatively light-weight, running on anything that iOS 10 can run —meaning nearly everything Apple produced for iOS gear in the last four years.Initial installation As with everything else downloaded from the App Store, the app downloaded and installed fine on a fifth generation iPad, a 12.9-inch iPad Pro, an iPhone … [Read more...] about Google Assistant arrives on the iPad, but still isn’t going to replace Siri soon