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9 Tips to Get the Best out of Allo Google Assistant

12/02/2016
Allo happens to be the first home of Google Assistant, an AI assistant, which is now baked into the Pixel phones. All you have to do is type “@google” in the midst of any conversation and it can help you to answer questions, make plans, share content and do more. Let's check what Allo can do..

Book a Flight

  • Provide your Assistant the permission to access your location.
  • Say something like “I need to fly to [destination]". Unsure about smart assistant technology? - <Check this>
  • Allo pulls up a list of upcoming flights and the price details[location - destination].
  • It further lets you look up Hotels and available attractions at the destination.

Use Personal Weatherman

  • Suppose you enquire something like “How would be Weather this weekend".
  • Allo provides you then weather at your location - high and low.
  • It also gives you the forecast for weekend weather.
  • It lets you get daily weather updates and other options.

Schedule/Remind Appointments

  • Type in a request like "Remind me of a debate on [Month Date]".
  • Allo gives lets you choose your preferred time or do it manually.
  • It asks you for your confirmation to set the reminder on the preferred date and time.
  • You can cancel the existing reminder or view the upcoming reminders through options.

Chat with Assistant

  • You can do more than texting using Allo.. like sending voice messages to contacts.
  • Start talking with your Assistant by tapping only the microphone button.
  • To talk to someone else, tag Google, long-press and let go of the microphone after recording.
  • Google responds to the voice messages as if it were sent-texts.

Search Chat History

  • The Google Allo Assistant maintains a full searchable history of all non-Incognito chats.
  • Tap the icon in the upper-right corner that hides an overflow menu button.
  • Type the first few letters of what you want to search in the chat.
  • Allo highlights matching strings in the previous chats and lets you page through them.

Recognize images easily

  • Allo can recognize faces, identify any landmarks in photos, and even read barcodes.
  • It’s a great way to recognize products and logos.
  • Assistant can page through your Google Photos at your request.
  • It can look up photos by the metadata, and bring up photos taken in a specific place or day.

Play Media Player

  • You don’t have to leave Allo to listen to the music.
  • Search for an artist and song title, Assistant can find an YouTube video for it.
  • Tap the video thumbnail and a video player will open up and start playing it.
  • Use the prefix “Play” when searching for music, Assistant opens the default music player app.

Send News On-Demand

  • After completing a query, choose the Assistant option to “Send me daily”.
  • Allo Assistant can send you useful information automatically, on a daily basis.
  • News, weather, currency exchange rates and more can be subscribed.
  • To alter one of the subscriptions, tell the Assistant to change it or cancel it.

Endless Game Time

  • Assistant offers options to play classic games like solitaire/games from Google Doodles and so.
    • Chat-based games - Try guessing the names of movies which is spelled out in emoji or reply to riddles in emoji form.
    • Quiz games - These games have a separate interface and are well structured with multiple topics & difficulty levels.
  • Assistant can tell you good jokes, interesting facts or random fun.
Alas! We can only thank Google for the seriously smart AI capability it has injected into a Text Messaging App and having made it our all-help personal Assistant.

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