Google Assistant

Google LLC

About this app

Google Assistant is an easy way to use your phone and apps, hands-free
Get Google Assistant for hands-free help. It can help you set reminders and alarms, manage your schedule, look up answers, navigate and control smart home devices while away from home*, and much more.

*Compatible devices required

An easy way to use your phone and apps
Quickly open your favorite app, navigate your phone and manage your phone settings easily - turn on Do not Disturb, adjust your bluetooth and airplane mode settings and turn the flashlight on, all using just your voice.

"Open YouTube"
"Show me my photos from Hawaii"
"Turn on flashlight"

Stay in touch with hands-free calls, texts, and emails
Stay connected to those who matter most. Make calls, send text messages, and look up emails to your contacts.

"Read my unread texts"
"Call Carly"
"Text Sam 'On my way'"
"Show me my emails from Michelle"

Stay productive while on the go
Get things done using just your voice while on the go - set reminders and alarms, manage your schedule and tasks. Look up answers and get help with directions and local information. Try saying:

"Remind me to buy milk at 7pm"
"Set an alarm for 7am"
"Set a timer for 5 minutes"
"Add eggs to my shopping list"
"What’s my first meeting tomorrow?"
"Gas stations near me"
"Navigate home"

Helps you stay one step ahead
Get proactive information and contextual reminders to help with just what you need, right at the moment you need it. And for the things you do regularly, you can create automatic routines to streamline your day even more.

"Good morning"
"Good night"
"Let’s go home"

Control your smart home even when away from home
Your phone is the remote control to your smart home. Adjust the temperature, lighting, and control your smart appliances, even when you’re not at home.* Try saying:

"Turn the lights off"
"Broadcast "I’m on my way" to the bedroom speakers"

*Compatible devices required

Ratings and reviews

I LOVE THIS APP. IT REALLY HELPS ME WITH SO MUCH. If you don't like certain settings, you can customize them. Which some do not allow for a couple setting options to be changed if you want the app to work properly, or at all. This app works across many devices, and it remembers everything from them all. I can access all the info with my phone, or my Chromecast. I love this. I do have the setting for remembering my voice, and saving it and audio recordings turned off though.

One of the most helpful and accessible apps was changed around 5/2023 to a point where it's practically useless to me now. I would think changes made would be to improve a product. The changes made to this one almost feels like a sabotaging effort. It's no longer accessible via other apps the way it used to be. In one move it went from an app I used every day to one that'll sit in my phone unused.

The assistant has really gone down these days, very error-prone. Simple reminder , it's listens to the date and when it's asks for time. It listens and says, setting reminders for tomorrow. This is just an example, Android Auto is the worst while driving. When I say call a contact, it assumes something and calls some other contact. These were working before, and now it's all hit and miss. Very soon,I will stop using googleassistant and use things manually or move to alternate assistants forsure.

What's new

We've added shortcuts to make it easy to launch Assistant actions. Long press on the Assistant launcher icon to try them out.

• Expanded support to Android L and Android tablets
• Bug fixes and improvements