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Do You Want To Have Google Assistant In Your Non-Pixel Android Smartphone? Here's What You Need To Do : TECH : Tech Times

AdvertisementGoogle Assistant is a smart service that is Google's answer to Amazon's Alexa, Microsoft's Cortana and Apple's Siri.However, so far, the technology will be officially rolled out only to the recently unveiled Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones of Google.Fortunately, for Android smartphone users who really want to have Google Assistant in their devices, there are a couple of ways to do so.

New Google VR App 'Sprayscape' Offers Android Users 'Perfectly Imperfect' Experience

Google's Android Experiments announced a new project on Wednesday: Sprayscape.It's a VR camera app for Android devices and it offers more than what traditional VR apps provide.According to Google, they combined two things they love—virtual reality (VR) and taking pictures—and calls the app "perfectly imperfect.""Sprayscape is a quick hack using the phone's gyroscope to take pictures on the inside of a 360-degree sphere," writes Glenn Cochon, Google's senior designer, in a blog post.

Verizon Pixel phones will get Android updates at the same time as those sold by Google

Contrary to what we first thought, it's looking like you shouldn't necessarily worry about buying a Pixel directly from Verizon.The carrier says its partnership with Google means that Android updates will function just like on iOS: when Google pushes them out, they'll be ready to download.Verizon issued a statement to Ars Technica clarifying the matter after original reporting indicated there'd be a delay in updates in order to verify and test updates on Verizon's network.