Keep in touch, manage tasks and to-dos, get answers, control your phone, and more. Just say, “Hey Google” to get started.

Start & end calls with your voice To start a call, say "Hey Google," then say a command: "Call [contact name]." "Call [business name]." "What is the nearest [business]?" then "Call them."

Google Assistant does better at context. Google Assistant isn't going to pass for human, but it does better at context. If you have accessories named “TV Light 1” and “TV Light 2,” for example, and ask the Assistant to “turn off the TV lights,” it understands what that means.

Answer a call To turn on Quick phrases, say “Hey Google, open Assistant settings” > tap Quick phrases > turn on the phrases you want to use. With Quick phrases for incoming calls turned on, to answer an incoming call, say, “Answer,” or to silence the call, say, “Decline.”

Can cause difficulties for the assistant. But generally it is able to cut through the noise. And find your command or question.

Google Pixel smartphones Google Assistant originally launched on the Google Pixel smartphones and Google Home, but it is now available to just about all modern Android devices, including Wear OS devices, Android TV, and Nvidia Shield, as well as any cars that support Android Auto and other devices too, like Nest cameras and the Lenovo Smart ...

Answer a call To turn on Quick phrases, say “Hey Google, open Assistant settings” > tap Quick phrases > turn on the phrases you want to use. With Quick phrases for incoming calls turned on, to answer an incoming call, say, “Answer,” or to silence the call, say, “Decline.”

Google Assistant ranked first among selected digital voice assistants in terms of share of questions answered correctly, as of 2020. A research found that nearly 77 percent of the simple questions and over 70 percent of the complex questions asked were answered correctly by Google Assistant.

Can cause difficulties for the assistant. But generally it is able to cut through the noise. And find your command or question.

Tip: On devices running Android 8.0 and up, you can also talk to the Google Assistant when your device is locked by saying "Hey Google." Learn how to control what information displays on your lock screen.

Up to 6 people can turn on Voice Match for one home in the Google Home app. Learn more about Voice Match and personal results. Important: The languages you can use depend on the device.

Assistant uses cognitive computing, machine learning and voice recognition technology.

Limited Understanding: While Google Assistant has advanced natural language processing capabilities, it may not always understand or be able to respond to complex or nuanced requests.

Google Assistant provides hands-free help on your Assistant-enabled phone, tablet, or smartwatch when you say "Hey Google." To use a speaker or Smart Display with Google Assistant built-in, learn how to use Voice Match to link your voice to the device.

At the moment, Google Now and Google Assistant are still two separate things -- Google Now works from within the Google Android and iOS app, while Google Assistant is found in Google's Allo chat app and integrated into Google Home and Google's Pixel phones -- but I suspect these two virtual assistants will merge into ...

Others can add their own accounts to your device by setting up Voice Match. If they do this, their Google Assistant activity will be stored in their own Google Account at myactivity.google.com.