Google will pull two popular apps from thousands of Samsung Smart TVs next month, an update to the small print on the Samsung website has quietly confirmed. Google Assistant, the chatty AI helper that’s built into almost every Android phone as well as Google’s Nest-branded smart speakers, will vanish from Samsung’s bestselling TVs on March 1, 2024. Just eight days later, Google Meet ― the popular video call application ― will disappear too. It’s unclear what’s behind the Google exodus. An update to the FAQ page on the Samsung website hinted that the removal was due to a “change in Google’s pol…