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Google Assistant is an incredibly useful tool that augments the Android and Wear OS experience. Accessing the Assistant on Wear OS requires a dedicated hardware button or a dedicated complication. That negates the convenience of using the voice assistant, but that’s about to change. Wear OS is getting a new Google Assistant tile, as per a new report.
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Wear OS is getting custom actions through the Google Assistant tile
You can ask Google Assistant to perform all types of actions. However, there are those commands that you give all the time. Why repeat them every time you want the assistant to do something? This new feature will make Assistant more accessible on Wear OS.
It’s an app that you can download on both Wear OS 3 and Wear OS 4, so you won’t have to worry about being left behind. When you install the app, all you’ll have to do is swipe left on your screen to access the tile.
After that, you’ll be able to set up to two custom actions. When you add an action, you’ll speak into the microphone what you want Google Assistant to do when you tap on it. You can say something like “Set a timer for 10 minutes”. So, every time you tap on that specific button, the Assistant will perform that command.
So, rather than having to speak the command every time, you can have it done at the tap of a button. If you don’t want to create your own command, you’ll be able to choose from a pre-made list of commands.
As stated, you can add up to two commands. It’d be neat if the app could add more actions in the future, but two is a good start.