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WhatsApp is, without having to look at any study, the most popular messaging application in the world and as much as Google insists on launching RCS clients that can compete with it, the efforts may be in vain. Despite that, Google knows that WhatsApp is an important app even though it is owned by its main competitor, Facebook. This has made the Google assistant gradually integrate functions with this messaging app if they do not want other assistants to win the battle.
A while ago the Google assistant added the possibility that WhatsApp could send text messages through the Google assistant ( with a simple command) and now new functions have arrived to the virtual assistant. What are these novelties?
WhatsApp now allows you to make video or voice calls using the Google Assistant
It is true that Google has an app at home that does this, or even several such as Duo or Hangouts. However, voice calls through WhatsApp are much more popular and why deny it... Google has announced that starting today you can make voice calls and video calls through the WhatsApp application on Android.
How to make a WhatsApp call with the Google assistant?
The process is not complex at all, the only thing you have to memorize is the command you must use for it:
- Calls: Ok Google, WhatsApp call with David
- Video calls: Hey Google, WhatsApp video with David.
Unfortunately, Google has not given many more details about this function in the announcement they made today and as much as we have tried, neither WhatsApp voice calls nor video calls still work with the assistant Google (at least in Spain). Google has announced that these new features will roll out gradually to all Android phones that have the updated Google Assistant app.
It remains to be seen if in the near future it adds some other novelty such as the possibility of sending a voice note or even sharing a photo via WhatsApp. It is true that everyone wants to have their own WhatsApp but with the current popularity of the app it is difficult for a competitor to come out of it in the short term unless Facebook does something to ruin the app.
