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You can ask @Google assistant to set a reminder, check your emails, draft and send email to your contacts, share your location(in group). You can summon @Google

You can ask @Google assistant to set a reminder, check your emails, draft and send email to your contacts, share your location(in group). You can summon @Google in your group chats. So far it is certainly an interesting toy.

corndoge 10y ago
You can also do all of these things with the Google app, with the exact same inputs. I had a full conversation with Allo that I repeated verbally after saying "Ok Google" and the results were identical.
- bvm 10y ago
  Can you check your emails with 'OK Google'? I use my Android phone as a satnav, and it would be really helpful on the commute to get it to read me the at least the subject lines of my inbox, I can't seem to make it do anything other than Google "Read my unread emails".
  - jclos 10y ago
    That's certainly my biggest disappointment so far with the Google Assistant, even though I understand that they will improve it with time. I wish it was at least better integrated within the Google ecosystem, so that I can interrogate it regarding my emails, my calendar or my contacts. Why can't I reference a friend using their google+ handle? Or ask for my next dentist appointment that's on my calendar? Or my last amazon order receipt in my mails? Hopefully stuff like that will come and it will make the Assistant a bit more useful and less gimmicky.
    - spacehunt 10y ago
      "Show my next flight to Melbourne" and "show my last Deliveroo email receipt" both are working for me.
- guruparan18 10y ago
  Agreed. But I prefer text interface over voice. Having @Google assistant in group chat is kind of creepy but still interesting. It can share my location to the group, show weather and other search results. I wish Google assistant can setup group reminders(now it does not). It is certainly already replaced my Google search.

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You can ask @Google assistant to set a reminder, check your emails, draft and send email to your contacts, share your location(in group). You can summon @Google

by guruparan18 10y ago

corndoge 10y ago
You can also do all of these things with the Google app, with the exact same inputs. I had a full conversation with Allo that I repeated verbally after saying "Ok Google" and the results were identical.
- bvm 10y ago
  Can you check your emails with 'OK Google'? I use my Android phone as a satnav, and it would be really helpful on the commute to get it to read me the at least the subject lines of my inbox, I can't seem to make it do anything other than Google "Read my unread emails".
  - jclos 10y ago
    That's certainly my biggest disappointment so far with the Google Assistant, even though I understand that they will improve it with time. I wish it was at least better integrated within the Google ecosystem, so that I can interrogate it regarding my emails, my calendar or my contacts. Why can't I reference a friend using their google+ handle? Or ask for my next dentist appointment that's on my calendar? Or my last amazon order receipt in my mails? Hopefully stuff like that will come and it will make the Assistant a bit more useful and less gimmicky.
    - spacehunt 10y ago
      "Show my next flight to Melbourne" and "show my last Deliveroo email receipt" both are working for me.
- guruparan18 10y ago
  Agreed. But I prefer text interface over voice. Having @Google assistant in group chat is kind of creepy but still interesting. It can share my location to the group, show weather and other search results. I wish Google assistant can setup group reminders(now it does not). It is certainly already replaced my Google search.