The search giant wants to spread its digital helper software far and wide.
Google wants you to be able to use its Assistant software at the press of a button. So the search giant is bringing that dedicated button to a slew of new phones, the company said Sunday at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona.
The Assistant is Google’s digital helper, akin to Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri. It can read you the morning’s headlines, help you check into a flight or turn off the lights in your hallway.
The new phones with dedicated Assistant buttons include:
The button is also coming to new phones by TCL and Vivo, including the V15 Pro, Google said.