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AI · May 18, 2016

Google Assistant

Google's new assistant to rival Siri, Alexa and Cortana

Google Assistant launched on May 18, 2016 with 6 votes. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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What it does

In a world in which the mobile phone has become the remote control for our daily lives, our mission is truer and more important than ever before.

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