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Today we will be installing the Google Assistant on a MacBook running Mac OS X & above. This is just an education video to show you how you can get Google Assistant working on your Mac. Whether you like it or not, it’s getting better every day and unlike Siri that has seen a stagnant growth, Google Assistant and Alexa are the two best virtual assistants available today. So here are the steps you can follow to install Google Assistant on a Macbook.
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Installing Google Assistant on Macbook
The Google Assistant runs on macOS with the help of an app called Mac Assistant which is still in the beta development. But it works great! Moreover, you can contribute to this project development at GitHub.
Step 1. Download the Mac Assistant latest release here.
Step 2. Double-click to run it. When you see ‘New app from unidentified developer…….’ and you are not able to open it then go to System Preferences>Security & Privacy>General tab.
Click the Padlock and enter the password when prompted. Then click the ‘Open Anyway’ button (see screenshot)
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Step 3. Once you are able to run it, you will see a new icon in the macOS menu bar.
Step 4. Click on the icon, it will open a sign in box (only first time). Use your Gmail credentials to log in and then click ‘Allow’
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Step 5. From now when you click the icon, it will open a box with a microphone. Click on the microphone and start asking Google Assistant whatever you want to. You can also trigger Google Assistant by pressing the left command key two times
Step 6. When finished speaking, Google Assistant on your macOS will respond with an appropriate reply. If it doesn’t click on the voice modulation bar after you finish speaking
You can ask her anything, for instance,
“What’s the weather today”
“Who is the president of United States” etc.
As of now, it’s still in beta (development) stage. So this Google Assistant can’t display anything visually like it does on our Android devices or like Siri displays links and stuff like that. Also, in case you want to install it on Windows, refer to this video.
P.S.: Google Assistant runs better in macOS than Windows. Thanks to Mac Assistant. Watch the following video!
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During its launch, Google had announced that the Assistant will be exclusive to Pixel phones only, although later, plans to roll it out to other Android Nougat and Marshmallow devices, was also shared.
Being a Mac user, you might be quite content with Siri running on macOS, but if you want to try out Google Assistant on your Mac for a change, there’s a live GitHub project that lets you do just that. MacAssistant is a Mac app that brings Google Assistant to the macOS, using the Google Assistant SDK.
Installing and using the app is quite easy, considering that the developer provides a pre-compiled version of the app as a direct download from the project’s repository. So, basically you just have to download the “.app” file on your Mac and run it.
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The application sits on your menu bar, quite like Siri on macOS Sierra, and can respond to your voice commands. To begin with, you need to click on the Google Assistant icon on the menu bar and sign in to your Google account. With that done, your setup process is completed and you can start using the app.
You can say usual things that you’d ask Google Assistant on any Pixel phone, like “What’s the weather like today?”, “Do I have any meetings this week?” or “Remind me to get the laundry in 30 minutes.”, etc. Assistant responds with the relevant answer as a voice over. However, there is no text or graphic information displayed along with the voice over responses as of now.
The app uses data from your Google account to fetch relevant information based on your query. And in our tests, it understood the context of specific commands, and even responded correctly to follow-up questions.
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MacAssistant is currently in Beta, and a work in progress. The developer of the app says that he’s currently hit the API quota limit, and is working with Google to extend the same. Meanwhile, if you’re a developer, you can obtain your own OAuth client key and build the project by following the Build Instructions on the repository page.
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