5 Coolest Google Assistant Features 2019 You Might Want To Try Out

On its first release in 2016, Google Assistant has grabbed many tech lovers’ attention. After years of developing and updating, Google Assistant is currently one of the smartest artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistant in the world among its rival Siri of iPhone. Recently, Google has announced some neat changes and new features of Google Assistant on Google I/O event - the annual Google developer event. Once again, Google Assistant upcoming features quickly created a huge wave of excitement for Google fans.

Now, this Google AI not only triggers faster but also is able to run and complete more helpful tasks for users. With these latest Google Assistant features 2019, Google is confident that it can change the ways you use your smart device. To test this attractive claim out on your own, you can try out the top 5 latest Google Assistant features in our list below.

Before jumping to the list

Before we get to our little experiment on Google Assistant new features, there are a few things you need to look at on your smart device.

First, you may need to check your device version. For Android users, you need to make sure that your smart device is running on Android version of 6.0 (Marshmallow) or 7.0 (Nougat) or higher. And it should be iOS 10.0 or later for iOS users to be able to install and activate the AI. This is Google’s requirement for Google Assistant to perform.

In addition, please check whether you have activated or gave Google permissions to run on your device. If you haven’t yet, you should set it up on Google settings. To learn how to do this, you can visit our basic guide on how to activate Google Assistant here. Once you have that all set, let's jump to the most exciting part right away.

Here are the coolest Google Assistant top features 2019

Booking a ride

One of the most useful Google Assistant new features 2019 for users is to book a ride. This is thank to the integration of ride-sharing apps such as Grab, Uber, Lyft, Ola, and GO-JEK into Google AI. By simple voice command, you are able to book a ride immediately and via much simpler process.

What’s more excited and helpful about the feature is the ability to compare prices. This means that Google Assistant will compare the costs you have to pay for a ride between the apps. In other words, you can choose the most budget-friendly option out of the choices displayed on your screen.

Enjoy your driving with Google Assistant Driving Mode

Earlier this year, Google made a great move by integrating Google AI into Google Maps, which makes it one of the most helpful Google Assistant features 2019 up to this moment. They called this Google Assistant Driving Mode.

The new feature allows you to enjoy your journey with multiple tasks running at the same time. For instance, you can not only navigate the route but also listen to your favorite playlists, message or call someone and do more important stuff when driving. What’s cool about this feature is that it is able to automatically activate when it detects you are driving. Or you can simply say “Hey Google, let’s drive” if you like.

Real-time personal interpreter

Another top-of-the-line useful thing about Google Assistant features 2019 is its real-time language interpretations. To put it simply, this smart AI can help you deal with either spoken or written languages. For travelers and language lovers, this might be one of the best features of Google Assistant so far.

To trigger this incredible update, you can simply say “Hey Google, be my Hindi interpreter.” and leave the rest to this AI. What’s more cool about this feature is that it is capable of interpreting at least 27 languages. Google team is also testing on more languages and promises to roll out a new update as soon as possible.

As great as it may sound, it is currently only one of Google Home Assistant features. Which means Google have not upgraded this on mobile phones yet. In our hope, we wish the development team will soon make it one of Google Assistant features on the mobile phone in the near future.

Giving advice on where to go

Have you ever suffered from a headache of finding a nice place to go? Imagine it’s a beautiful day off and you have a date with your dear friends. The point is you two don’t have a clue about where to hang out. This is where Google Assistant new features come in and help you solve your problem. By making use of the Nearby feature, one of the best Google Assistant features 2019, you can easily select a place that serves your purposes at its finest.

To generate this feature, all you need to do is saying “Ok Google, show me nearby …” There, the AI will instantly give you a list of the best places you are looking for, whether it is a nice restaurant, a grocery store or a cafe. What’s left for you to do is to select an ideal one. Now, finding a perfect spot for whatever purpose you have is not of a nightmare anymore.

Set reminders for other Google Home devices

One of the coolest features of Google Assistant released in 2019 is assignable reminders. This latest feature allows you to set reminders for other users and other Google Home devices. To make it clearer, It works just like the good old Google Assistant reminders feature; however, this time, it is assignable.

With this useful feature, you can easily remind people to do things for you. For example, when you are outside, you are still able to reminds your partner to take out the trash, wash the dishes or have dinner on time. This feature will be released on all devices, from mobile phones, smart speakers to smart displays.

Wrapping up

On the whole, these aforementioned Google Assistant are the top 5 coolest Google Assistant features 2019 up to this moment. Thanks to Google's efforts to update and optimize its functions, you now are able to save a lot of time by voice commanding it to perform tasks for you. As far as Google Assistant all features are concerned, it is not overstating to claim that Google Assistant is one of the most powerful virtual assistants in the world so far. We hope you enjoy your experiences with one of the most helpful and smartest Google AI.

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