Google will soon add an Assistant search button to Chrome’s toolbar on Android. On phones without the Assistant, this will default to the regular voice search. Google Chrome for Android currently has a voice search icon on the new tab page. This is not connected to the Assistant by default. There is an experimental flag…

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Google Assistant settings page offers options to customize the app and its services. This page explains all those settings and how to use them. Let’s start with how to access Google Assistant Settings. Hey Google, Open Assistant Settings The easiest way to go to Google Assistant settings is a voice command. Use: “Open Assistant Settings”…

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There are many funny questions that you can ask Google Home or Google Assistant. For example, today I asked the Assistant to count to 300. It said I can count only up to 200 as per my contract. Also, I made up the part about the contract. It was unexpected and hilarious. Here is a…

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A lot of people are looking for a way to get rid of the Assistant from their phones. This guide explains how to disable, remove, or uninstall Google Assistant. Google Assistant is slowly growing to become as common and popular as Google search. It is quite natural that some of us would want to remove Google…

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There are two things that I use Google Assistant very frequently. They are reminders and timers. It is so easy to start a timer using the Assistant. On my phone, the Assistant starts the timer using the default Clock app. This gives me a visual timer and it is easy to handle it, see the remaining…

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I should start this post by stating that I could not test verify if Voice Match was part of the older implementation of Assistant on Pixelbook. I’m almost always on the Canary channel and usually reach out to my friends to verify things in the Stable channel (That is a good justification to buy a…

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