The Best Things Google Assistant Can Do on Your Android Phone

Did You Know? In the early seasons of The Simpsons, Homer conversing with his own brain via internal monologue was a frequent gag. The gag was originally used simply because it was easy to animate—zoom in on Homer’s face, voice his thoughts, and boom, you’ve got a joke—eventually, the writers phased out the gag because they’d run through every way that they could come up with to use it. Geek Trivia The Practice Of “Forest Bathing”, Walking In Woodland Areas For Health Purposes, Originated In? Peru → Norway → Russia → Japan → Advertisement A Versatile Video Tool on 4K Video Upscaling and Downscaling 4K is now a familiar sight in the digital video world. Along with the popularity of 4K is the demand for a versatile 4K video tool. Specifically, a tool that can upscale 1080P to 4K for viewing on 4K TV, sharing to 4K-supporting sites; a tool that can downscale 4K content to unburden storage devices or to play on modestly equipped gadgets. You may need this 4K video tool (time-limited giveaway) Want to Change Your Email Preferences? At some point in the past you subscribed to the How-To Geek newsletter, but if you'd like to change the frequency or unsubscribe, you can do so by clicking the button. Change my Subscription (or unsubscribe) Today's How-To Geek Articles How to Build Your Own Computer, Part Five: Tweaking Your New Computer How to Speed Up Animations to Make Android Feel Faster The Best Things Google Assistant Can Do on Your Android Phone How to Follow Hashtags on Instagram What Is Net Neutrality? How to Build Your Own Computer, Part Four: Installing Windows and Loading Drivers How to See What’s Taking Up Space on Your Android Device How Secure Are Mesh Wi-Fi Networks? What Is a Corrupted File, and Is There a Way to Get It Back? 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Repeals Net Neutrality Rules We're sure you didn't notice this story yesterday, it was kind of buried... [The New York Times] How to Build Your Own Computer, Part Five: Tweaking Your New Computer Congratulations, you’ve successfully selected parts, assembled your own PC, and installed Windows! Now you can get to…whatever it is that you want to get to, I guess. Do gamers still “pown noobs?” Is that still a thing? Read This Article → How to Speed Up Animations to Make Android Feel Faster Android devices display animations when they transition between apps, windows, and various menus. Animations oftentimes looks slick, but they do take up time—and sometimes can even cause the phone to lag if it’s low on resources. Read This Article → The Best Things Google Assistant Can Do on Your Android Phone So you got Google Assistant on your phone. Cool! …but, now what? Well, to make the most of your new Assistant, you need to actually use it. And the more you use it, the more you’ll learn about it. Here are some ideas to get you started. Read This Article → How to Follow Hashtags on Instagram Thanks to a new feature in Instagram, you can now follow specific hashtags and get the top posts for that hashtag to appear in their main feed. Here’s how to make it happen. Read This Article → What Is Net Neutrality? Net neutrality is one of the biggest policy debates around the internet, and the government has voted to officially repeal the net neutrality regulations. Here’s what net neutrality is, and how it affects you. Read This Article → How to Build Your Own Computer, Part Four: Installing Windows and Loading Drivers Much like configuring the BIOS, installing a new copy of Windows used to be a bit of a chore, but these days it’s been streamlined amazingly well. For most of it, you’ll simply follow the on-screen instructions, but feel free to keep this page open if you get stuck. Read This Article → How to See What’s Taking Up Space on Your Android Device When you picked up your shiny new Android device, you probably thought “yeah, this has plenty of storage. I’ll never fill it up!” But here you are, some number of months later with a full phone and no clue why. No worries: here’s how you can figure out where the space hogs are. Read This Article → How Secure Are Mesh Wi-Fi Networks? You’re considering a mesh Wi-Fi network, because you’re sick of that one spot in your house not getting any reception. But does the convenience of these systems come with the same security as other routers? Read This Article → What Is a Corrupted File, and Is There a Way to Get It Back? Corrupted files don’t happen too often on modern computers with good security measures in place. But when they do, it can be a nightmare. Let’s take a look at the common causes of corrupted files, how you can help prevent them, and what you can do when it happens. 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