You can now use Google Assistant with Siri on iPhone and iPad: Here’s how
The latest update of the Google Assistant app on the App Store enables support for Siri Shortcuts, which allows launching the Google assistant using Siri.
Google is trying to make its virtual assistant less and less of a second level compared to Siri on the iPhone and iPad. The last update of Google Assistant enables support Shortcuts for iOS. With the Shortcuts, the user can create personalized voice commands with which to perform one or more actions one after the other.
An example: with Shortcuts you can set the phrase ” I’m coming home ” and combine it with a series of operations, such as sending a message, opening the navigator by selecting the way home as a destination, and other actions like running a music playlist. Setting the command will then need to say the words ” I’m coming home ” with Siri and the iOS device will complete all the operations we had set previously.
It is clear that by joining the functionality to Google Assistant you can perform a trick very convenient: set the keyword ” Ok, Google ” to call the Google Assistant as you have done for some time on Android terminals. In this way, the user will have to launch Siri and say ” Ok, Google ” to access the Big G Assistant who will listen for any command. The same trick can be used even if the iPhone is locked with the perennial listening mode for Siri.
To launch the Google Assistant, in this case it will be necessary to say ” Hey, Siri; Ok, Google “, a bit articulate but useful in some circumstances. Imagine having a smart gadget compatible only with Google Assistant. With this little trick, it can be managed through the exclusive use of the voice even through an iOS device. The Shortcuts on iOS 12 can also be used to perform a series of concatenated actions.
By setting any phrase, such as ” Turn on all ” or ” Google turn on all “, you can launch different operations with Google Assistant or routines, and turn on all the light bulbs in the house; and with ” Turn off all ” you can turn off all the light bulbs and even close the door with gadgets compatible only with the Google ecosystem. To take advantage of the support Shortcuts for iOS simply install the latest version of Google Assistant for iOS available on the App Store.
