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Google Assistant can now read out and reply to your WhatsApp messages

By Shereesa Moodley

7 Aug 2019

Now you can ask your Google Assistant to read out your texts from apps like WhatsApp, Telegram and Slack, a report by Android Police on Friday.

Image credit: Google Assistant.

Previously, the Assistant could only read SMSes, but now you can give it permission to access third-party messaging apps too.

According to the publication, you simply have to ask Google to read your messages in order for Assistant to access your notifications, a pop up appears on screen as the message is read out.

Image credit: Thomas Ulrich from Pixabay.

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Assistant will tell you which app the text is coming from, and who sent it to you. You can then, of course, reply directly by texting or speaking.

Tech> Google Assistant will read and reply to WhatsApp, Telegra...https://t.co/xGVWH6R2Eo #hightech pic.twitter.com/fjJMTNV8CU
— HighTech HighGeekly (@HighTechGeekly) August 5, 2019

This comes in particularly handy when you’re driving, cooking or working on a particularly messy project (papier mache, maybe?).

Messages containing media such as photos or audio cannot be read out by Assistant.

Shereesa Moodley

About Shereesa Moodley

Shereesa is a passionate writer who often delves into the world of social media, online trends and all things photography. She is also a journalism graduate of Rhodes University and can be found frequenting YouTube and Instagram. She lurks on Twitter too, sometimes.