{"id":38833,"date":"2022-06-06T13:18:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T13:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-assistant-is-losing-some-features-that-you-may-have-never-used\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T13:18:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T13:18:36","slug":"google-assistant-is-losing-some-features-that-you-may-have-never-used","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-assistant-is-losing-some-features-that-you-may-have-never-used\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Assistant is losing some features that you may have never used"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 id=\"what-you-need-to-know-3\">What you need to know<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Google Assistant is ditching the ability to set reminders based on a specific location.<\/li>\n<li>This could be tied to the future rollout of a new Assistant feature called &#8220;Memory,&#8221; which saves your content in a convenient location.<\/li>\n<li>The digital assistant will also no longer allow you to assign reminders to specific people soon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Google has some bad news for people who frequently rely on Google Assistant to set reminders for them.  The voice assistant is getting rid of location-based reminders and the ability to assign reminders to a specific person.<\/p>\n<p>Google announced the news quietly in an easy-to-miss note on the Google Assistant Help page<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span>.  The search giant said that the ability &#8220;to create reminders for a certain location is going away soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>The company did not explain why this handy feature is getting the ax.  Google did not immediately respond to Android Central&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Location-based reminders debuted in 2018 as a way to avoid forgetting what you want to do when you&#8217;re in a specific place.  For example, on some of the best smart displays, such as the Nest Hub (2nd Gen), you can ask Assistant to remind you to buy a bottle of fresh milk at the grocery store.  Once you reach the nearest shop, the voice assistant will send you an alert to your phone.<\/p>\n<p>Although this useful feature is being phased out, you can still ask Assistant to create reminders at a certain time.  This is one of Assistant&#8217;s most useful features for receiving reminders.  You can also set routines when you arrive at a specific place, though this may be a remote alternative to location-based reminders.<\/p>\n<p>The feature&#8217;s impending removal will likely disappoint users who depend on Assistant to remind them of things they&#8217;ve been meaning to do when they reach a certain location.  On the other hand, location-based reminders didn&#8217;t seem to work well all of the time for some users, as evidenced by comments in this Reddit thread<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span> about the feature&#8217;s removal.  Some people were even unaware it existed until Google announced it would be discontinued.<\/p>\n<p>Another feature that will bite the dust soon is the ability to assign reminders to family members or anyone who signs in to the same Assistant-enabled device as you.  That said, you&#8217;ll retain the option to assign tasks in Google Chat or Gmail.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear when these features will officially cease to function for everyone.  9to5Google<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span> speculates that the move is in preparation for the future rollout of a new Assistant feature called &#8220;Memory,&#8221; which was spotted early last year and will allow you to save on-screen content, reminders, and other things in a convenient location.<\/p>\n<p>Google has yet to announce when Memory will be released, but it makes sense for some of Assistant&#8217;s reminder features to go away in order to make way for the new capability.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"featured_product_block featured_block_horizontal\" data-id=\"f323e672-8b67-4441-8fc5-9b1565cc1c76\">\n<div class=\"product-image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"featured_image lazy-image-van\" onerror=\"if(this.src &amp;&amp; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/androidcentral\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/QLaaBqMcJyWWUt9s9uzGob-320-80.jpeg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/QLaaBqMcJyWWUt9s9uzGob-480-80.jpeg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/QLaaBqMcJyWWUt9s9uzGob-650-80.jpeg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/QLaaBqMcJyWWUt9s9uzGob-970-80.jpeg.webp 970w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/QLaaBqMcJyWWUt9s9uzGob.jpeg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/QLaaBqMcJyWWUt9s9uzGob.jpeg\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"featured_image lazy-image-van\" onerror=\"if(this.src &amp;&amp; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/androidcentral\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/QLaaBqMcJyWWUt9s9uzGob-320-80.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/QLaaBqMcJyWWUt9s9uzGob-480-80.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/QLaaBqMcJyWWUt9s9uzGob-650-80.jpeg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/QLaaBqMcJyWWUt9s9uzGob-970-80.jpeg 970w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/QLaaBqMcJyWWUt9s9uzGob.jpeg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/QLaaBqMcJyWWUt9s9uzGob.jpeg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"featured_product_details_wrapper\">\n<p><h2 class=\"featured__title\">Nest Hub (2nd Gen)<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"subtitle__description\">\n<p>The Nest Hub (2nd Gen) from Google can track your sleep without requiring you to wear an inconvenient wristband on your arm all night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-model-name=\"Google Nest Hub (2nd Gen)\" data-widget-type=\"merchantlink\" data-render-type=\"editorial\"><span class=\"hawk-tracking-pixel-container\"><img src=\"https:\/\/t.myvisualiq.net\/impression_pixel?r=1654460741193&amp;et=i&amp;ago=212&amp;ao=803&amp;aca=123513&amp;si=1943169&amp;ci=234568&amp;pi=356748&amp;ad=-4&amp;advt=1943169&amp;chnl=-4&amp;vndr=1481&amp;sz=8336&amp;u=EncryptedId%7C1943169%7C&amp;pt=i\" alt=\"https:\/\/t.myvisualiq.net\/impression_pixel?r=hawk-cache&#038;et=i&#038;ago=212&#038;ao=803&#038;aca=123513&#038;si=1943169&#038;ci=234568&#038;pi=356748&#038;ad=-4&#038;advt=1943169&#038;chnl=-4&#038;vndr=1481&#038;sz|| the\" class=\"hawk-tracking-pixel-image\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/span><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()\n{n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}\n;if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '1765793593738454');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What you need to know Google Assistant is ditching the ability to set reminders based on a specific location. This could be tied to the future rollout of a new Assistant feature called &#8220;Memory,&#8221; which saves your content in a convenient location. The digital assistant will also no longer allow you to assign reminders to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-assistant-is-losing-some-features-that-you-may-have-never-used\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Google Assistant is losing some features that you may have never used<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ADfnbAWLWjdhaCNncfLvwB-1200-80.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}