Mac|Life

Where to Get assistance on the Mac desktop

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siri Free apple.com

Siri has been part of macOS since Sierra. Just click its menu bar icon, or hold Cmd+[spacebar]. On the latest MacBook Air/Pro and iMac Pro, you can also activate it by saying “Hey Siri”.

reverb Free reverb.ai

Reverb hooks into Amazon’s online Alexa API (applicatio­n programmin­g interface) to bring the assistant’s “lite” version to your desktop. It’s a little awkward to use, but it works well.

Macassista­nt Free github.com/vanshg/ MacAssista­nt

You’ll need a Google developer account to be able to build the code, but it’s a really neat menu bar shortcut to Google Assistant.

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