What is Google Assistant. Difference between Google Now and Google Assistant. What's changed now
Officially, the list of smartphones is still limited to those carefully selected by Google. Android devices for which the functionality will be available Google Assistant in Russian, must meet certain requirements. The list of devices is constantly expanding and will be simply huge during 2017.
What is Google Assistant?
Many experts call Google Assistant not just a personal assistant, like Siri for iPhone, but fully-fledged artificial intelligence. Its main difference from Google Now lies in the ability to self-learn and interact with you in human language.
With Google Assistant enabled, the "Ok Google" command now takes on new meaning.
Google Assistant convenient to use. The personal assistant will predict actions, remember them, save battery consumption, suggest available services when ordering air tickets, and help you choose best time to travel or visit a place and so on.
What you need to know about the devices for which Google Assistant will be released.
At the beginning of 2017, Google Assistant in Russian will turn on when the Google application is updated to:
Samsung Galaxy S7;
Samsung Galaxy S7 edge;
HTC U Ultra;
Huawei Mate 9;
Huawei Honor 6X;
OnePlus 3;
Sony Xperia XZ.
Google Assistant is also initially activated on Android devices:
It is unknown when Google Assistant will be officially released on Nexus 5 and Nexus 6P.
Which Android phones will be able to run Google Assistant in Russia:
On branded devices that support Google updates via Google Play;
Specifications must be greater than 1280 x 720 pixels in display resolution and 1.5 GB for RAM.
The release date for Google Assistant will not be announced - this will happen when updates are ready
How do I know if I have Google Assistant installed or not?
1. You must have the “ Ok, Google» in the smartphone settings.
2. Press and hold the " Home" (center) - if the assistant opens with the question " Hello! How can I help?", That Google Assistant activated on your Android device.
How to install Google Assistant in Russian if it is not on your phone?
If your Android phone does not have activated Google Assistant in Russian, then don’t despair. And don't look applications, like him. Try the possibilities artificial intelligence and you can download it even if you have Android 5.0 Lollipop, not to mention phones based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow And Android 7.0 Nougat.
Instructions for Google installation Assistant requires you to ROOT your phone
1. Get ROOT access can be done on almost any smartphone, why look for ready-made instructions for your device.
2. Make sure you have your ROOT rights. Only then will you be able to activate Google Assistant.
3. Download and install " ES Explorer"or any other mobile application of the class" file manager».
4. Be sure to update the application " Google" V Google Play Store(No need to download Google Assistant APK!).
5. Open the file manager from 3
, go to the directory " /system
" and open the file " build.prop
» as a text document.
6. Find the line “ ro.product.model
", change it and add another line so it looks like this:
ro.product.model=Pixel XL
ro.opa.eligible_device=true
7. Save changes to the file " build.prop
" and close the file manager.
8. Change Interface language smartphone in the system settings with Russian on English.
9. In the settings, select “ Applications" and find " Google" - delete all data for it.
10. Reboot your device and wait until all applications start after the system starts.
11. Press and hold the " Home" until you can start Google Assistant.
12. Now go to system settings and return Russian language system.
13. From now on, you can use Google Assistant on your Android device even after rebooting.
The good news was reported by the American Google Corporation, ahead of MWC 2017, which begins on February 27 in Barcelona, Spain and runs until March 2. Now almost any owner of a smartphone with the Android operating system can use a convenient speech assistant.
What is Google Assistant?
Google Assistant is a unique conversational program designed to conduct a conversation with the user and solve his daily problems. It has absorbed the best from the company's previous similar applications, taking into account the products of competitors.
Assistant– a program that allows you to quickly make decisions on the go, without being distracted from your usual activities. Its advantage, in addition to quick and accurate response, is remembering schedules and tasks. The assistant quickly studies a person's behavior, his habits, favorite vacation spots and work schedule. This allows the assistant to make even better and faster decisions in the future. Communication with the user takes the form of a continuous dialogue, control occurs through voice commands and responses.
What has changed now?
Previously, the universal voice assistant Google Assistant was available only to owners of Google Home and watches Android Watch. The innovations affected precisely the breadth of possible use of the application. Now it is available for use by almost any smartphone owner who has operating system Android 6.0 and higher.
Other gadgets of the brand will not be left without attention. The application will be available to them in a Google Play Service update.
According to the company's official blog, first of all, residents of the UK, Australia, and North America(USA, Canada). But in the future, the program will be translated into many other languages and distributed to all parts of the world.
In addition, the company plans to fully expand to all types of platforms. Implementation planned voice assistant in smart watches, set-top boxes, TVs and even cars.
Android Police has obtained a test alpha version of the Google application. It is notable for the fact that it contains many innovations and activates Google Assistant on different smartphone models. Google Assistant is Google's digital assistant, which is currently officially only available on the Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, the Google Home speaker, and partially in the Google Allo application.
Google Assistant
The new Google app contains the code responsible for activating Google Assistant. To launch the assistant, you need to hold down the Android home page button for a couple of seconds. On some smartphones, after installing a new Google app, this will still launch the Google Now app or Now on Tap, but some devices will activate Google Assistant. The screen says “Android just got better” and “Try Google Assistant.” By what principle the Google application chooses whether to launch Google Assistant on a smartphone or not is unclear - perhaps the assistant is only available in some countries and on selected device models.
The user can communicate with Google Assistant in natural language. This function allows you to find information on the Internet, create reminders and perform various actions (call a taxi, make a reservation at a restaurant, etc.) In its capabilities, it is close to Siri from Apple and Cortana from Microsoft. Google Assistant runs on different languages, including in Russian, although with great restrictions.
Other innovations
- Offline search. If you are trying to search for information on the Internet, but the connection is disconnected, the application will remember what you were looking for and display the search results as soon as the network connection is available. Some users of the Google application have already gained access to this function earlier, but now it has become even more convenient - when access to the network appears, the device downloads the first few pages with search results so that you can view the information you are interested in even if the Internet is unavailable will disappear.
Simplified mode. Once activated, web pages and images are adapted to consume less internet traffic and load faster.
Payments via Google Assistant. They don’t work now, but in the future it will be possible to add details to the assistant bank cards And payment systems for shopping online and in regular stores. In the US, Google will launch Google Express, a service with expedited delivery of goods purchased using Google Assistant.
Launch Google Assistant from the home page. Now this feature does not work, but a Google Assisstant icon has been found in the Google application, which can be placed on the home page to quickly launch this service.
Support for entering data into Google Assistant using the keyboard instead of voice.
New settings for flexible adaptation of the application to the user's needs.
The version of the Google application with Google Assistant has not yet appeared on the Google Play Store; you can download the APK file to install it manually from the website
Google Assistant helps you search for information and solve various tasks. Just ask a question or tell us what you need.
Available languages
On Android phones and tablets, Google Assistant is available in English, Arabic, Vietnamese, Danish, Indonesian, Spanish, Italian, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Thai, Turkish, French , Hindi, Swedish and Japanese. We will soon add support for other languages.
What you will need
To use Google Assistant, you will need a device with the following characteristics:
- Android 5.0 or higher;
- Google app version 6.13 or later;
- Google Play services;
- 1 GB memory;
- one of the languages listed above, selected in the device settings.
How to start a conversation
- Say "Hey Google" or press and hold the Home button on your device. If necessary, turn on Google Assistant.
Advice. On some devices, you can also say "Hey Google." - Ask a question or say a command.
Advice. If your device is running Android 8.0 or higher, you can access Assistant even when the screen is locked. All you have to do is say “Okay Google.” Learn how to control what Assistant shows or speaks when your screen is locked.
How else can you contact the Assistant?
To find out what else the Assistant can do, ask the question “What can you do?” Look
