Pick the right Google account for Assistant You'll have to set up an "OK Google" voice model so that the phone can recognise your voice at any time and activate Google Assistant to serve your needs (whether that be to play music, fetch the weather forecast, or whatever). When you first get your Assistant on your smartphone you'll be asked to use Google Assistant and "OK Google" always-on voice detection. You might find the settings menus are in different places, however.
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Many of the tips below were written with a Pixel 6 phone running Android 12, though they will work on other Google-Assistant compatible phones too pretty much all Android phones, as well as iOS devices with the Google Assistant app. If you have a Nest or Google Home device, we have a separate tips and tricks feature you can read to get the most out of those devices. To help you figure out everything Assistant does on the phone, we've rounded up some expert tips and tricks. In fact, when you first set up your phone it'll take you through the basics of getting started. Pretty much every single Android phone has Assistant installed out of the box these days, so if you have a new Android phone, there's a very good chance you have access to Google's voice-activated helper already. You can ask Assistant almost anything, and it will understand your words in context, serving up relevant results in a conversational manner. (Pocket-lint) - Google Assistant is the software giant's voice assistant and its answer to Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa.