No, you cannot say OK Google to the assistant on the iPhone. Apple will not allow that, at least as of now. That would take one of the few advantages that Siri still has a way, since you can do Siri hands-free and no other assistant is allowed that privilege on the iPhone. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On May 17, 2017, at 5:50 PM, Marie <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is it available when you say OK, Google or do you have to open the app each > time you want to use it? > Marie > > > -----Original Message----- From: Mary Otten > Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 4:09 PM > To: [email protected] ; [email protected] ; > [email protected] > Subject: Google assistant comes to the iPhone > > They much touted Google Assistant is now available in the Apple App Store. I > downloaded it and opened it, and in order to work at all, you need to give it > permission to access location even when you're not using it. This is so it > can make a so-called private map of where you have been and where you are > when you're using it. So I wonder how much of a toll that is going to take on > Battery Life. And do I really trust Google that t it's private? Given that > they sell data? I was looking forward to certain aspects of Google assistant. > But it seems to be totally crippled unless you give them permission. I don't > see why he couldn't do other things that are not location dependent. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
