Google today announced new automation and web features for Google Assistant for Android and iOS, the most notable feature for Apple users is the ability to locate a lost iPhone using the digital assistant.
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Android users have long been able to use the Google Assistant to trigger a sound for their smartphone if it gets lost. That same capability, like Apple’s own Find My system, comes to the iPhone. This feature allows users with a smart speaker with Google Assistant and the accompanying Google Home app for iOS to locate a lost device.
The alert is triggered when you ask through a Google smart home device “Hey Google, find my phone”. After the trigger, the Google Home app will send an iOS critical alert on the iPhone. Apple allows apps to use critical alerts, which are special notifications that can break Do Not Disturb or Silent Mode to ensure they reach the user. Apps with critical alerts require special approval from Apple, and Google appears to have received that approval.
Additional features for the Google Assistant app include ‘Assistant Routines’, which Google says make it easy to perform multiple actions at once with a single command, and a duplex update that makes ordering takeout and delivery easier. makes at partner restaurants.