ISSUE 50 • ANDROID ADVISOR 33GOOGLE I/O 2018- Explore menu
Google used to hide all of Assistant’s features in a
series of esoteric, buried menus. Now, there’s a much
more sensible way to find out what sort of things you
can do with Assistant in the Explore menu. To access
this menu, open Assistant and tap the blue drawer
icon in the upper right corner. Here, you can find all
the services supported by Assistant broken down into
categories like Social & Communication, Education &
Reference, Games & Fun, and more. Each tile links to
a full info page where you can see sample commands
and (if necessary) link your account. The bottom line is
that checking out the Explore menu is the easiest way
to keep track of newly added apps and services.
There are also some general Assistant command
suggestions at the top. You don’t even have to speak
Google has redesigned
the Explore menu