Use Google Assistant in the car and avoid fines: 6 useful commands on your travels

By now you should know that use your mobile phone while driving it is a risk to both you and the people around you, and that it is also an act that can lead to a fairly large fine. And it is precisely for this reason that technologies such as the Command-based voice control and virtual assistants they have flourished more than ever in these types of environments.

If you have an Android mobile, you can use the Google Assistant to perform most of the actions you may need to perform during the driving. To do this, you just have to resort to some of the most useful voice commands - and a good stand in which to leave your cell phone -. Next, let's look at the most interesting ones.

Google Assistant is even more useful if you use it in the car.

Create reminders and alerts

If while driving you remember that important thing you should do when you get home, you can make the Google Assistant create a reminder in your calendar, without having to touch your mobile.

Just say "Ok Google, create a reminder" and then point what you want to receive as a reminder. You will have the option to choose a time or place.

Use GPS without touching your mobile

Get the Google Assistant to start automatically calculate a route on Google Maps it's as simple as running the voice command "Ok Google, take me home / work / whatever".

On its own, the Assistant will open the Google Maps app and will show you the most suitable route from your location to the place you want to go.

Google Maps, one of the most popular GPS tools.

Find out what the weather is like at your destination

If you are just starting a journey and are unsure of the weather at your destination, opening your favorite weather app while driving is not a good idea. Fortunately, you can ask the Google Assistant what it's like il tempo in any place and will provide you with updated data in real time.

Talk to other people

There are studies indicating that those who drive while looking at their mobile phones can be more dangerous than those who do so under the influence of alcohol. And a lot of the fault of this are applications like WhatsApp, which make us take our attention off the road to focus on our messages.

Fortunately, thanks to the Google Assistant and voice commands, you can send or reply easily to messages from apps such as WhatsApp or Telegram. Simply say "Ok Google, send a WhatsApp message to ..." and enter the contact name. Then, it simply dictates the content of the message.

The same happens with calls. If you tell the Google Assistant that you want to call one of your contacts, you can easily initiate a voice call without touching your mobile.

Change songs and control your music

Although most vehicles include the steering wheel controls that allow you to control music playback without taking your eyes off the road, the Google Assistant can also help you, especially if you use apps like Spotify or Android music players.

Just say "Ok Google, put my playlist on Spotify" or "Ok Google, change the song". So easy.

Check your mobile

In some cases, you can too control certain aspects of your mobile with your voice without taking your eyes off the road. For example, imagine that the mobile phone screen does not look good because the brightness is low and you need to take a look at the path you have set. You can tell the assistant "Ok Google, turn the brightness up to maximum" to increase the panel illumination.

Likewise, you can mute the cell phone with your voice, turn Bluetooth or Wi-Fi on or off or check other aspects.