Top Google assistant features that you are probably unaware of

Google Assistant is an intelligent personal assistant developed by Google and announced at Google I/O in May 2016. Unlike Google Now, Google Assistant can engage in two-way conversations.
Assistant initially debuted as part of Google's messaging app Allo, and its voice-activated speaker Google Home. After a period of exclusivity on the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, it began to be deployed on Android platforms in February 2017, including third-party smartphones and Android Wear. In April 2017, a software development kit was released, allowing third-party developers to build their own hardware featuring the Google Assistant(SOURCE: Wikipedia)

You can always open google assistant by pressing the home button for some time or just saying okay google when the screen is on.

Here are some of the features of google assistant that you may know or not are quite astonishing:

• Check Facts:

With the new Google assistant, you can directly search for random facts. Just ask google assistant about it and it should display the answer to the question

• Weather:

You can always check for weather in your local place or even in some other places for any date you like. It give a very quick result which is accurate most of the times.

Also, You can ask if it will rain today or not also. It gives every description using its voice also.

• Entertainment:

IF you ever had a bad day and want to be entertained then Google assistant can be really helpful for you. Google Assistant does the job well by cracking some jokes. Also, also can make Google assistant sing songs for you which are pretty good.

• News:

You can always ask about any news with Google assistant. For e.g.: Just say News about China and it will show some of the most recent news of China. IT gives the result through a quick Google search.

• Play music:

You can ask Google assistant to play music from certain artist or from certain years straight from your phone.
You also can instantly search YouTube or any other site for music you want to listen.

• Search Google:

Want to have a quick Google search about something? Try saying it to Google assistant and it may help you with the search result. It is mesh free as you just say OK Google or Press the home button for searching anything on Google.

• Get an Answer:

IF you are confused with any questions, how about asking it with Google assistant? Yes, it is true. Google assistant can answer most of your questions. It does it by a quick Google search which it speaks out also. It is a really easy process. Just speak “OK Google” and as your question. There goes you answer

• Control your home:

If you have any of smart devices that are meant to be controlled by your mobile device, simply asking Google assistant to perform the task for you will do it for you. From turning a light on to ringing a bell, Google assistant can help you with your everyday works if they are meant to be done through your mobile devices.

• Remember things:

Most of the users of Google assistant are unaware of this feature of Google where they can ask Google assistant to remember something for them. Simply you can say Google to remember that the following things are here. For e.g.: Try saying, “Remember that t keys are in the bed”, Later when you ask Google about your keys it will remind you where it is.

• Play games:

You can ask Google assistant to play games with you if you get bored. Google assistant will display a number of games of various genres which will help to refereshen up your mood. The game includes: chat games, Audio games, Quiz Game, Classic Game, Doodle Games, etc.

• Listen to news:

Google Assistant can also start playing news from the following:
1. BBC Minute: A one minute summary of news from one of the most popular news station BBC.
2. Fox News:  An American basic cable and satellite news television channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.
3. ESPN Sportscenter (via Tunein)
4. NPR News Summary
5. NPR Technology
6.  Bloomberg P&L

• Unlock your phone:

If you didn’t know this, you can always open your mobile device simply by saying OK Google. Don’t worry!! It’s safe as it only accepts your voice and as it is of Google, Its trust worthy. You can either say when the screen is on but in locked mode or even it opens your device when it is charging and the screen is off.

• Searching for photos:

If you have backup of your photos on Google photos then you can ask Google to show you some photos from some day. Also Google can help you with finding the pictures of Dog in your phone and it will display all the pictures with dogs in it. The result is accurate must of the time. But as it is AI, and isn’t perfect so, some photos can also be mismatched.
Also you can ask Google assistant to make quick image search for something on Google

• Take a selfie:

Don’t want to click on the shutter button while clicking Selfie? Just ask your Google assistant to click selfie and the camera app will be launched with the front camera facing and a timer for 3 seconds, Just in case you need it. Google Assistant does this work very well and easily.

• Translate:

You probably missed out this feature on Google Assistant. You can ask Google Assistant while online to translate anything you want from one language to another. The default is English to other languages but you can always change in the Google Assistant settings.

• Quick math:

You can also use the Google assistant as your calculator. Just ask for the result of your calculation and the Assistant will be pretty quick in answering you.