Google Assistant Now Offers Realtime Translations

Google Assistant now has the ability to translate conversations in realtime on your phone. This is thanks to Interpreter mode, which can act as your go-between when conversing in a foreign language. Meaning you’ll never have to resort to using hand gestures again. Google Assistant Learns to Translate Conversations In February 2019, Google rolled out […]

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Google Assistant Can Now Read the News to You

Google has added a new way for your Google Assistant to deliver the news. It’s called Your News Update, and it pulls news stories from a number of different sources from around the world. The upshot is a news update personalized to your location and interests. From News Briefings to Your News Update As you […]

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You Can Now Make Google Assistant Talk Like Issa Rae

Issa Rae, the American actress, writer, director, and producer, has lent her voice to Google Assistant. Once enabled, certain questions will elicit answers from Issa Rae, including in-jokes and references just for fans of Rae and her work. In April 2019, Google persuaded John Legend to lend his voice to Google Assistant. This meant you […]

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You Can Now Assign Google Assistant Reminders to People

You can now set reminders for other people using Google Assistant. Assignable Reminders let you remind friends and family to perform certain tasks at certain times. Or even when they reach a certain location. Which could be both useful and annoying. How to Assign Google Assistant Reminders Google launched Assignable Reminders in a post on […]

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