Google Assistant can now be used to make voice and video calls on WhatsApp

Google Assistant can now be used to make voice and video calls on WhatsApp. Google announced a number of new features to Google Assistant on Thursday and supported smart devices, including the ability to make voice and video calls on WhatsApp.

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“When you start in the WhatsApp Android app, you can now make hands-free audio and video calls,” the company said on its blog.

That means you can say something along the lines of “Hey Google, WhatsApp Video John,” and a video call will be started by the assistant.

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The feature comes after Google also allowed the assistant to read and respond to texts from apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Slack earlier last month.