The_Ogre
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I'm on 5.1 (don't ask, too lazy to upgrade) and I have it
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crackersa
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what have you been using it for? any tips or tricks you want to share?
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faniebraai
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Mostly quickly searched something, but I love the context awareness of it. Just to keep asking questions or give instructions, like the music example i gave earlier.
AfricanTech
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It's one of the reasons I'm sad that the Pixel is not available here
faniebraai
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You don't need Pixel, just a phone with Android 6/7
Sleepyrhino
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STILL NO ASSISTANT
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I'm not new to android or rooting or any of that but I'm having trouble with this. I replaced my Nexus 6 with an s7 and its running nougat. I've just changed my Language to English US as I have not received Assistant yet and I really want it.lol
It still doesnt give me Assistant when I hold in the home button. Please help. I'm on Beta Google app and Services, have cleared cache in Google app and still nothing. I'm going mad.
Fist post ever.
I'm not new to android or rooting or any of that but I'm having trouble with this. I replaced my Nexus 6 with an s7 and its running nougat. I've just changed my Language to English US as I have not received Assistant yet and I really want it.lol
It still doesnt give me Assistant when I hold in the home button. Please help. I'm on Beta Google app and Services, have cleared cache in Google app and still nothing. I'm going mad.
faniebraai
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Fist post ever.
I'm not new to android or rooting or any of that but I'm having trouble with this. I replaced my Nexus 6 with an s7 and its running nougat. I've just changed my Language to English US as I have not received Assistant yet and I really want it.lol
It still doesnt give me Assistant when I hold in the home button. Please help. I'm on Beta Google app and Services, have cleared cache in Google app and still nothing. I'm going mad.
Screenshots of settings claimed?
Sleepyrhino
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Okay it took 2 minutes after I changed the language... I'm so happy.:crylaugh:
AfricanTech
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They released it for the iPhone as well
[not quite as fully integrated but a damn sight better than that retarded Siri]PS: What kind of things do you ask it to do?
Sleepyrhino
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They released it for the iPhone as well
PS: What kind of things do you ask it to do?
If I may answer, I like creating meetings while driving, also songs to play. Who to phone... Still need to play around though.
AfricanTech
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It doesn't interface with the Office 365 Calendar on the iPhone so I can't use it for that.
I do however use it for:
- Music
- call dialing
- weather
- location based reminders eg Tap - "remind me to check the water when I get home" - pops up the reminder when I arrive at home
- sending messages (uses the native iPhone messaging app which goes as SMS to non-iPhone users)
It really is very cool.
faniebraai
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They released it for the iPhone as well
PS: What kind of things do you ask it to do?
honestly, mostly about the weather. set reminders, control music...
the best part of assistant is the context awareness.
e.g. play me some depeche mode
then: next = plays the next song
then: go back to the previous one = goes back to the first song
or: what's the weather like tomorrow = talks me through the weather for tomorrow
then: and this weekend? = talks me through the weekend's weather
AfricanTech
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honestly, mostly about the weather. set reminders, control music...
the best part of assistant is the context awareness.
e.g. play me some depeche mode
then: next = plays the next song
then: go back to the previous one = goes back to the first song
or: what's the weather like tomorrow = talks me through the weather for tomorrow
then: and this weekend? = talks me through the weekend's weather
same
faniebraai
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fukk me, just did this, and it worked!
fanie: "Send a whatsapp message to my wife"
assistant: "Who is your wife"
fanie: "[name of wife as per address book]"
assistant: "remember this contacts as your wife?"
fanie: "yes"
assistant: "what is the message"
fanie: [dictates message]
incredible
fanie: "Send a whatsapp message to my wife"
assistant: "Who is your wife"
fanie: "[name of wife as per address book]"
assistant: "remember this contacts as your wife?"
fanie: "yes"
assistant: "what is the message"
fanie: [dictates message]
incredible
faniebraai
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faniebraai
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let me try telegram, africantech: INCOMING!!!!
AfricanTech
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fukk me, just did this, and it worked!
fanie: "Send a whatsapp message to my wife"
assistant: "Who is your wife"
fanie: "[name of wife as per address book]"
assistant: "remember this contacts as your wife?"
fanie: "yes"
assistant: "what is the message"
fanie: [dictates message]
this is where the level of integration varies - on the iPhone it won't send the message via Whatsapp, only the native messaging app
faniebraai
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Even if you askit?
faniebraai
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how do you activate google assistant on iphone?