The standalone Google Assistant app has now managed to reach the coveted 100 million miles for download over in the Google Play Store.
Considering this is a completely separate copy of our favorite virtual voice assistant, that’s not too bad. Even more impressive when you realize that this standalone Google Assistant app is not even required on 99% of devices, because it is pre-installed.
In essence, this is just a HomeScreen (as an app-loading) shortcut to the activation and settings of voice assistant that you can download if you want to switch to another – not that there are not enough already! The “app” was released in 2017, but considering that almost every smartphone that is released with Google Mobile Services is bundled in the wizard as well, you will probably never need to download it yourself.
That said, while it’s a bit unnecessary, it’s still a very impressive milestone that the Google Assistant hits 100 million downloads in the Play Store (via Android Police). It’s probably not a go-to for many of you – and rightly so. Although if you want to skip clicks or taps, it can be useful for one-tap access to specific settings or controls.
Considering that this is following the installation as download rates of the standalone app, it would be really interesting to see how many people out there use the Google Assistant every day on their smartphones.
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