Being productive using Google Assistant
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.