Google Assistant

Google LLC

About this app

Google Assistant: Your Hands-Free Helper.

Get instant help with everyday tasks using just your voice. Google Assistant makes it easy to:

- Control your phone: Open apps, adjust settings, turn on the flashlight, and more.
- Stay connected: Make calls, send texts, and manage emails without lifting a finger.
- Get things done: Set reminders, create lists, ask questions, and find directions.
- Manage your smart home: Control lights, thermostats, and other devices from anywhere.*

New! Now you can also opt in to Gemini (formerly Bard) from Google Assistant and have it act as your primary assistant from Google on your phone.

Gemini is an experimental AI assistant that gives you direct access to Google’s best family of AI models unlocking new ways to assist you, while still incorporating many of the actions you love in Google Assistant today.

While some of the actions won’t work right away, we are working to support more coming soon. You will be able to switch back to Google Assistant in app settings.

Gemini opt in is rolling out to select devices and countries - opt in to Gemini from your Google Assistant or by downloading the Gemini app.
Learn more about availability:
https://support.google.com/?p=gemini_app_requirements_android

*Compatible devices required

Ratings and reviews

5* 4sure. Love it. Sure some settings are not working in Dutch (retrain voice for example) but using my phones set to English (VS) language mode anyway and everything works as it should that way :) Only minor is that Assistant somehow seems to "activate" mobile data usage (for other apps) while keeping wifi on at the same time, so other apps are using mobile data that way. Not as it should be but not enough to give a star less IMHO. Simply love it.

Changed the voice to Australian, made an alarm with an announcement, didn't like the voice and changed it back to UK English. Now the alarm greets me and tells me the time in UK English, and then switches to Australian afterwards for the announcement. Also when I open Assistant after my alarm rang it continues in Australian, and switches to UK English after that. It's even stays like this when I create new alarms. Very inconsistent.

Stopped working over Bluetooth in my car. That was the only thing I needed it for... Replying to the comment from Support: this is not a bug, it was an intentional change that was announced in a push notification. Assistant uses the microphone of Bluetooth devices by default now. It so happens that this does not work with my car. And there's no way to force using the phone's microphone.

What’s new

Gemini is coming to Google Assistant users over the coming weeks to select users and countries. When you opt in to Gemini, it will become your primary assistant from Google. Gemini can help you with many of the actions you love in Google Assistant, and we are working to support more coming soon. Opt in to try Gemini, or download the Gemini app to get started.