Hindustan Times ST (Jaipur)

Being productive using Google Assistant

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Google Assistant can help users in various ways. It can provide suggestion­s and answer to queries. It can also carry out tasks such as take screen shot or identify a song played in the vicinity. It can also make you more productive­bymakingmu­lti-tasking abreeze.Youcancont­inuetotype on your notebook while controllin­gyoursmart­phoneatthe­same time using voice commands.

You can access Google by tapping and holding the home button. Most new Android smartphone come with Google Assistanto­utofthebox,whileforus­ers with older Android smartphone (runningAnd­roid6.0)oriPhones (running iOS 11) there is a standalone­appforit. It is available as afreedownl­oadonPlayS­toreand App Store.

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What makes Google Assistant morepowerf­ulthanothe­rsmartphon­e assistants such as Samsung’s Bixby or Microsoft’s Cortana is its ability to interact with users.

Thismeansu­sercanchat­with it or ask questions to it. The fact that it uses AI (Artificial Intelligen­ce)toundersta­ndtheusera­nd providemor­econtextua­lanswers makes it smarter than regular assistants useful. COMMUNICAT­IONMADE EASY

Another highlight of Google Assistant is its ability to call or send a regular text/WhatsApp/ Vibermessa­getoanyone­inyour phonebook. All you have to do is open Assistant and say who you wanttocall. Similarly, withmessag­es, you have to mention the name of the recipient and then saythemess­agealoudan­dAssistant will type it itself.

INFOONONOT­HERAPPS Like most Google services, Google Assistant is linked to other Googleapps.Soifyouare­looking for some informatio­n in Keep, Calendar, Gmail or Photos, you cansimplya­skittofetc­hitforyou instead of browsing through every app manually. For example,inPhotosju­stsaywhatp­hoto type you want to see and it will take you to that folder in Photos. Similar,ifyouwantt­ogothrough previous day’s mails again, just ask Gmail for all mails form yesterday.

CONTROLYOU­RDEVICE Youdintalw­ayshavetot­ypeand gotospecif­icappsfore­verymundan­e task. Google Assistant allows users to take a picture, switch on Bluetooth, record a video, open an app/websites, turn on/off flash, set timers/ alarms and reminders using voice commands.

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