Thoughts and ideas for enhancement are been born at each tick in many corners of the world. Technologies to ease work load are been welcomed in this rushing world. Among the many such astonishing technologies that shook mankind, the Google Assistant gained a spot as our partner to get things down in an instance.
Google assistant is a virtual companion launched by google on 18th May 2016. It was launched as an extension of “Google Now”which is intended to reduce manual work and to get things done fast. Instead of touching your screen a million times, you could just command with your voice to do tasks. Artificial intelligence technologies such as Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning are been kept as the backbone to process and understand the user’s commands and then act.

Google assistant is been integrated efficiently with your android phone. Every time you give tasks to your Google Assistant it would go and search the World Wide Web making it more complete. It aids you to make a call, book shows, open applications, create reminders, play games and many more down the list. Everything could be done in a jiffy with just your voice. It isn’t just limited to our phones but you could find your assistance in smartwatches, speakers and headphones.

Which devices support google assistant?

Originally introduced on Google Pixel and Google Home smartphones, Google Assistant is now available on Android devices, OS devices(with limitations) and Android TV. Not only on your mobile phones but it is built into a wide range of speakers, the Google home range of speakers. Google Nest audio, Google Nest Mini, Google home max to list a few. It also supports a wide range of third-party devices like Sonos One speaker, the Bose home portable speaker and is also present in some cars that support Android auto. Various other smart home devices like Philips Hue, Nest products could be accessed through your assistant.

How to access your google assistant?

User-friendly interface is provided by google to easily access the app. It could be easily accessed by anyone. Most of your android phones would have Google assistant installed in them. You can activate Google Assistant just by pressing a long hold on the home button present in your phone.
If Google Assistant is not installed then:
1. Go to play store and type Google assistant on the search bar.
2. You could sign in with your email account, agree with the terms and conditions, choose your language, enable permissions and start.

Once Google Assistant is installed in your phone then things are very simple. You could either start by say “Hi google” or “good morning google”. You could not only say but also type down what you want. It’s your choice. In some phones you would be able to see a round button right below at the center, you could directly press on it to activate Google Assistant.

What all could google assistant do for you?

Your assistant is been packed up with a range of features to make each day tasks completed with ease. Everything that you do daily can be done by your assistant with just your voice commands. After unlocking your mobile phone, go to google assistant and start making it do all your daily online routine work.

Google assistant can:

• Send messages and make calls.
• Open apps on phone.
• Play games and music.
• Create remainders, book reservations.
• Read for you: Notifications, Messages.
• Search for information on google.
• Fetch news and other areas of your interest.
• Update weather conditions.
• Check financial reports.
• Manage photos.
• Manage personal info.

You could also converse with your assistant as it could entertain its users. With your voice commands you could ask your assistant jokes, riddles etc. You could also just start a conversation with your assistant to kick off boredom.
If you are dependent on your Google Assistant on daily basis then it means you don’t have to start again with “Hey google” to follow up your needs. Instead, it listens for response without the need to trigger it up all the time. The biggest advantage is that Google can understand whose voice it is and generate tasks accordingly.
It could also act as your translator and hence be your guide to speak any language you want to. You could say the sentence or word you want to get translated and the results are been fetched quickly. And the best thing is that your assistant is also available as Google Home devices. This is intended to turn our houses into a digital home. It’s compatible with a wide range of applications in your home. It can be used to control heating, turn on and off lights and many more. All of these activities could now be done by just using your voice. Welcome to the new age!

Google Assistant will process your voice commands and is effectively programmed to fetch your results. It has made life’s easier, broken down work and now become a part of this tech world. As technology build up each day who knows what more would it be capable of. In this fast-moving digital era where at each corner, new astonishing and breath-taking inventions are been born there would come a time when events happen beyond minds.

Author: STEPS