Remind yourself to stop by the store, pull up your travel photos to show a friend, or make a dinner reservation.

Pros Limitless asks and commands: Get assistance by asking questions like, How many legs does a centipede have Or What was Princes first no.1 song Tell Google to remind you to grab milk on the way home, and youll be asked if youd like the reminder at a certain time or when youre at a particular place.

Input the time, place, or both, and the reminder will be saved.

Otherwise, you can tell the app which music app to use each time you make a music request.

You can also have Google call, text, or email your contacts, navigate anywhere by pulling up Maps or Google Maps (if you have it installed), or inform you of the weather using Weather.com.

Routines: Under Settings, then Routines, you can program a chain of actions to occur after a single command.

For example, you can say, Good Morning and have the app take your phone off silent, tell you the weather, describe traffic conditions, adjust your lights (if you have connected devices) and remind you of todays to-dos.

Connected devices: If you have connected devices, such as Philips Hue lighting, a Ring Video Doorbell, a Nest thermostat, or an iRobot Roomba, you can communicate with them via Google Assistant.

Speak or type: Press the microphone at the bottom of your screen or say Hey Google to verbally ask Google Assistant a question or give a command.

Or tap the keyboard button at the bottom of your screen to type your query or request.

If you dont like Google Assistants default voice, you have eight to choose from under Settings, then Preferences, then Assistant Voice.

The ability to talk or type is particularly helpful if youre driving and cant handle your phone, are in a quiet space and cant make noise, or are in a noisy environment and cant hear a voice response from your phone.

Great voice recognition: No matter what we asked or told Google Assistant, the app understood us perfectly -- without any training.

Explore: Tap the Explore button on the top right to discover the most popular tasks you can perform with Google Assistant.

Here, you can either look for one of over 1 million actions in the search field or tap on categories, like Whats Popular, Whats New, Control Appliances and Fixtures, Manage Calendars, Find Beauty Services, and so on.

Cons Better for Google superusers: Not surprisingly, Google Assistant pulls up results from Google products first.

If you ask Google to pull up photos, it looks to Google Photos before your native photo library.

If you ask Google Assistant to buy you a T-shirt, it returns with results from Google Express before the Amazon store.

If you ask Google to put something on your calendar, it will do it using Google Calendar, not your phones native one.

Therefore the assistant works best if youre already immersed in the Google ecosystem.

A lot of permissions to fork over: To get Assistant to function properly, you must provide the app with access to your Chrome history and additional Web and app browsing data, contacts, calendars, apps, music, battery life, sensor readings, and voice and audio activity.

Bottom Line Google Assistant for iPhone is an excellent aide, especially if you already use Google apps and services.

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