Enlarge / The Verge’s LG G6 image. CNET received the same image from a source. (credit: The Verge)

A report from CNET has a few tidbits about the LG G6 in advance of its debut at Mobile World Congress next month. The report says that LG will be one of the last manufacturers to ditch removable batteries. With a sealed-in battery, it’s easier to make a water-resistant phone, and apparently LG thinks the tradeoff is worth it.

The report also says the LG G6 will be the first-ever non-Google phone to have the Google Assistant. The Assistant is the latest version of Google’s voice-command technology, which, for smartphones, has been exclusive to the Google Pixel.

Google’s artificial limiting of the Assistant on Android to only the Pixel has forced OEMs to come up with replacement solutions. Samsung bought an assistant company called “Viv”—created by two of the co-founders of Siri Inc. before it was bought by Apple—and is turning it into an assistant called “Bixby.” The LG G6 was originally rumored to use Amazon Alexa, but Google may have gotten wind of this and made an exception for LG. Alternatively, we may finally be looking at the full release of Google Assistant. The code for the Assistant is part of the Google app, so it’s already on nearly every Android phone out there. If Google wanted to, it could roll the Assistant out across the entire modern Android ecosystem with a simple app update.