Top 10 Google Assistant Features You Can Use Now

The Google Assistant is here, in Spanish, for everyone. After a progressive launch, at the beginning of which Google's own terminals enjoyed the service, we can now all enjoy the new Google assistant. A personal advisor in the manner of Siri or Cortana, evolved, that learns from our habits and interacts with us as if it were, almost, one more person. It is one more step in what we knew as Google Now: a more interactive and efficient assistant.

A world of possibilities, in short, opens before us, with a multitude of orders and queries available to launch to our assistant. So as not to get lost, we are going to see, first, how to activate it, and then we go with the most useful functions.

To find out if we already have the Assistant in Spanish, simply say 'Ok Google'. You should see a screen like this:

If it does not appear like this, you will have to wait throughout the day for the Assistant to arrive in Spanish. You won't have to install anything: simply, in the curtain of notifications, you will see a message that you can try it. Simply. All you have to do is wait and go.

Once you have it activated, you can start trying to ask it questions.What comes to mind. You can ask him his name, ask him to tell you a joke, to sing you a song... Little things to surprise you with but that, in reality, don't have much real use either. Do you want to see what you can do with the assistant that is really worth it?

Listen to music

Do you want to listen to your favorite artist? Ask the Google Assistant. Just say 'Ok Google' and then 'I want to listen to Beyoncé' or any other singer or band. Once the order has been heard, the Assistant will ask you to choose where you want to listen to Beyoncé, whether on YouTube or, if you choose, from your Spotify account. Once you've chosen where you want to listen to music from, the Assistant will remember your choice.

If you've chosen 'Spotify' and now you want to watch videos, unless you say 'I want to watch Beyoncé videos'will continue to launch Spotify. And so we chain with the following suggestion.

Watch videos

If you want the Assistant to show you videos of some kind, depending on the word you use, one result or another will appear. You can say 'Show me' or 'I want to see'. For example, for cat videos you will get different results if you say 'Ok Google, show me cat videos' or 'Ok Google, I want to see cat videos'

Open applications

The Assistant can open any application you want for you. Not only that, you can also use some application through the Assistant, for example, WhatsApp. You can send a WhatsApp to whoever you want if you say 'Ok Google, send a WhatsApp to Pedro', for example. Subsequently, the Assistant will ask you to tell it what message you want to send to that contact. Later, you can 'Send it' or 'Change it'. All orders can be made directly by voice.

If you want to send an email, just say 'Ok Google, send an email to XXX'. If the Assistant detects several users with the same name, you must indicate by touch which is the desired contact. You will then have to dictate the message and then send or change it. You can also cancel it.

If you want to open any app, say 'Ok Google open XXX' and it will open quickly.

Set a reminder

Tell Assistant to remind you to do something. Simple as that. 'Hey Google, remind me to take out the trash at 7pm'; "Hey Google, remind me that I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow." Subsequently, the Assistant will ask you when to notify you and if you want to save the reminder.

Set an alarm

To set an alarm you have the Google Assistant. You don't need to open the app. Say 'Hey Google, set an alarm for 9pm'. The only drawback is that it only sets alarms before the next 24 hours. There is a trick though:

If you want to be wake up every day at an hour, say 'Hey Google, wake me up every day at XXX'. The downside is that your alarm clock will continue to ring over the weekend…

Use the Assistant as an automatic translator

Whether you're a member of the Google Translate community or not, you can ask the assistant to translate whole sentences and words for you. We have tried English, French, German and even Chinese and on all occasions the translation has been offered to us aurally.In Icelandic, for example, it has only offered us the text. In English it has translated a long sentence quite well for us, so it is a reliable system.

Converter

You can use the Wizard as converter of currencies or metric system Do you want to know how many pounds are 1,000 euros? How many pesos are 500 dollars? Or how many meters are 500 kilometers? Ask the Assistant directly. You just have to say 'How much are xxx euros in pounds' or 'How many meters are xxx kilometers?

Questions about the weather

Will it rain throughout the day today? And tomorrow? And the next 10 days? What temperature will it be today? Simply ask the Assistant the appropriate questions and she (The voice is a girl!) will inform you of the weather where you are or anywhere else in the world world.

Use the assistant as GPS

Ask the Assistant how to get home from where you are. Or by any route you think is convenient. It's simple, say 'Ok Google, how to get to xxx from where I am' or 'What is the distance between XXX street and XXX square' and the Assistant will tell you quickly.

Search nearby places

Are you looking for an ATM from your bank and can't find him? Any eat places that are close to your location? For that you have the Assistant. 'Ok, Google, tell me nearby XXX Bank ATMs', and a list of ATMs in a nearby radius will appear; 'Hey Google, I'm hungry' and restaurants will appear nearby…

The best thing about Google Assistant is that it keeps growing. Try asking him personal questions, telling him a joke, telling you a riddle... With each passing day he will learn more and more until he becomes a fundamental ally.What are you waiting for to use it?