Google assistant comes to phones with android lollipop

2017 has undoubtedly been the year of virtual assistants. More and more smartphones and other devices have an assistant whose function is to make life easier for us. One of those assistants is Google Assistant, which came to users' mobiles at the beginning of the year. Although, it was necessary to have a device with Android 6.0. Marshmallow or higher to install it.

Google Assistant comes to Android Lollipop phones

Now, after a while the compatibility of the assistant with phones that have Android 5.0 Lollipop as operating system is announced. So this action expands the compatibility of Google Assistant. Important, because Lollipop still has many users today.

Google Assistant reaches more devices

Although users with a phone that uses this version of the operating system will be able to update, there are a series of requirements that must be met before installing Google Assistant. These are the requirements that Google has revealed are necessary:

• Android 5.0 or higher version Google 6.13 application or higher Google Play services 1.5 GB of memory and a screen with a resolution of 720p Have the device configured in any of these languages:
  • Spanish (Spain, Mexico, United States) English (United States, United Kingdom, India, Australia, Canada, Singapore) German (Germany) Italian (Italy) Korean (Korea) Japanese (Japan) Portuguese (Brazil)

Thanks to this decision, it is already 80% of Android devices that can enjoy the virtual assistant. So without a doubt we are seeing how it progresses at a great speed worldwide. Do you already have Google Assistant on your device? Do you find it useful?