Google Assistant

Google Assistant is a virtual personal assistant created by Google in 2016. This voice activated tool can be used in all sorts of ways to aid your productivity, like quickly accessing information or asking it to complete simple tasks for you.

Google Assistant comes pre-installed with Android 6.0+ and is available in the app store for iOS.

How to activate:

Simply long-press the home button or say "Ok Google" (Ok Google detection must be on) to activate the assistant.

Examples of commands:

• "Set a timer for 25 minutes" (For those Pomodoro users out there).
• "Play classical music on Spotify."
• "Call Mom."
• "Remind me to finish the chemistry lab."
• "Define hippocampus."
• "What's 2000 divided by 30?"
• "How many inches are in a meter?"

Google Assistant will automatically pull up the most relevant information or complete your task.