Google provides an intelligent personal assistant integrated in Android and also available on iPhone and iPad by installing the Google app, called Google Discover (ex Google Now) The main feature of Google Discover is the fact that it automatically adapts to the user's habits and actions, providing different information depending on the moment, the place where we are or the preferences detected using other apps.
At first glance, Google Discover may seem just a less nice version of Siri (the voice assistant integrated in iOS), but going to use it, you will be able to discover impressive functions, which sometimes activate themselves, sometimes they have to be configured.
We have seen in the past how to use the Google app in general, but it is worth now to highlight the best features of Google Discover, the most advanced ones, which make it an ideal and special assistant for anyone, so as to make it such a useful tool to become indispensable.
1) Get the time of arrival to work every day
Anyone moving by car can open Google Discover every morning to find out how long it will take to get there based on traffic and which is the least busy road.
To get the traffic and arrival time card, go to the Google Discover settings and indicate the home and work address.
2) Know where the car was parked
If you use the Google Maps navigator to go downtown by car, when you go home, you can open Google Discover to find out where the car was parked and the fastest walking route to get there.
If you prefer, you can then use the satellite navigator to follow the instructions step by step.
3) Keep an eye on the sports results and the performance of the bag
In the Google Discover settings you can enter your favorite teams or stock market stocks to follow in order to see the latest results and the prices on a card.
If you use Chrome as a browser linked to the same Google account, if you are looking for a football team or an action, it will appear in Google Discover.
4) Travel stress-free and know information about hotels and places, if there are delays in flights and trains
Google Discover, when traveling, provides a lot of useful information automatically.
You can keep track of the schedules of each train or flight booked (using the information on the confirmation email received on Gmail), the gate, the flight number, the terminal, when to go to the airport and how long it takes to get there by car .
It also allows you to have information on hotel reservations, car rental, surrounding places and events, currency and local language.
5) Support for online shopping and parcel tracking
Google Discover provides information to track parcels ordered online on Amazon or other sites and also allows you to know, when you go to the mall, if there is a shop that sells a recently searched product or to see the flyer of the offers.
6) Stay up to date on movies, books and TV shows
When you search on Google for a movie, book, TV show, musician or video game, Google will give you information about it, so that you know when they start or when they are available.
7) Tickets for concerts or other events
If tickets for a concert were purchased online and received by email, Google Discover will give information on the date
If you have a concert or other event coming up, and have been emailed the ticket-Google will remind you of the event, which is said when
8) See news from favorite websites
Google is able to show information on things recently searched and allows you to read the headlines of the latest news from favorite sites, that is, the ones most visited by Chrome.
9) Reminder anywhere, anytime
From the Google options bar by swiping the menu on the left) you can set reminders to receive notifications and warnings when the date marked approaches or when you arrive in a certain place.
If you use the Google Calendar agenda application, all your appointments and events will be displayed in reminder cards.
10) Asking for information
Google can be used with your voice, speaking to ask for information or to perform operations such as, for example, setting a reminder, opening the navigator, calling, sending a message, asking who sings a song or who is the author of a book.
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