Let’s face it: Most voice assistants are still too dumb be useful in everyday life. Siri is an abomination, and even Alexa can’t answer some of the most basic questions that I ask. Luckily for me, Google Assistant has gotten ridiculously smart in the past year, and it’s legitimately changed my life since I’ve started using it.
Google Assistant wasn’t always great, and it wasn’t even widely available until recently. When the search giant launched its artificially intelligent assistant back in May 2015, it was exclusively available for the company’s own Pixel phone.
Google didn’t even give other Android phone makers like Samsung and LG access to the app. If you didn’t have a Pixel phone, you were simply out of luck.
But things finally changed for the better about a month ago. This May at Google I/O, the company finally announced it was releasing the app on Android’s chief rival, iOS.
Safe to say most iPhone fans didn’t notice or hated the experience. Our very own reporter Karissa Bell detailed the ridiculous issues she faced when using the app shortly after launch. Even my first few experiences testing the app were grim — but I vowed to check back in every week or so to see if I could find…
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