What is Google Assistant, how does it work, and which devices offer it?: VIDEO

What is Google Assistant, how does it work, and which devices offer it?

ELYSE BETTERS2 MARCH 2017

Google has taken on Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri, and Microsoft's Cortana with its own voice assistant called Google Assistant.

Google first unveiled Assistant at Google I/O in May 2016, launched it on the Google Pixel and Pixel XL phones, brought it to Google Home and then Android Wear 2.0. Now it's all set for a wider roll-out to all Marshmallow and Nougat devices, so will be coming to a lot more phones.

Let's dive into how it works, which devices it is available on, and when you'll be able to use it.

What is Google Assistant?

Google Assistant is Google's latest iteration of an assistant. It's considered an upgrade or an extension of Google Now - designed to be personal - as well as an expansion of Google's existing "OK Google" voice controls.

For anyone who has been using Android for some time, you'll know that Google's Google Now feature smartly pulls out relevant information for you. It knows where you work, and it knows your meeting locations and travel plans, the sports teams you like, and what interests you. This data is presented to you in cards and through reminders on your Android device.

The "OK Google" side covers voice commands, voice searching, and voice-activated device control, letting you do things like send messages, check appointments and so on on your Android device, just like Apple's Siri on an iPhone or iPad. Google Assistant fuses all this together with a new bot-centric AI experience, designed to give you conversational interactions that cover both these areas and more.

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