If you've used Google Now at all, you probably either love it or hate it. I probably line up in more of the former category myself. While I wasn't all that sure about it at first, it quickly grew on me based on the way it adapted itself to what I wanted and/or needed to know. And now, the popular iOS and Android mobile assistant is moving to a desktop computer near you within the next few days/weeks. Don't worry, it'll still reside within your smartphone as well, which is where most of us will continue to mostly use it.
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- Google Now alerts on your desktop can be viewed by clicking the Chrome Notifications Center button. This is the bell icon in the upper-right corner of the screen for Mac, or the lower-right corner.
- To view notifications, click the bell icon on your Mac or Windows desktop, or the numbered box on Chromebook, which will open the Chrome notification centre. On Chrome, some of the Google Now cards.
- Google Desktop is an excellent alternative to Spotlight, the practical search feature on Mac, that uses Google technology to index the content on your hard drive, as well as other information such as email on Gmail and your browsing history. Start by using your web browser to search.
Google has apparently been working on their desktop version of Google Now for the last few months, and they now feel confident enough to start getting it out to the masses.
Your Own Personal Desktop Assistant
If you'd like to take advantage of the desktop version of Google Now, all you have to do is open up Google Chrome and log into the same account that you already use with your smartphone or tablet and you'll be all set. Get adobe premiere pro cc 2018 on mac. You'll begin getting notifications on a sidebar.
If you've never experimented with Google Now, I'd encourage you to give it a try. It uses your location and search history to tell you things it thinks you need to know. And while I admit that sounds like it can get a lot of things wrong, in my experience it actually got a lot of things right. For instance: when I added times and locations to events in my calendar, it would send me a notification, based on the current traffic, telling me that it was time for me to leave.
Also awesome is this: if I routinely checked on the scores for a certain sports team, it would automatically list future games and scores of that team as their season went on. (You can also set up your favorite teams, etc. and it will keep track of them automatically).
While Google announced that Now was available to desktop users beginning on 3/24/14, they did say it could take a few weeks before everyone has access to it.
Will you be using it? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Most Android users will be familiar with Google Now, the feature that displays 'cards' of information, be it the weather, your next flight, an upcoming appointment or the time the ride back home will take depending on the day's traffic. Its a pretty handy way of staying up to date with relevant information and now you won't have to whip out your Android smartphone every time you need to catch up. The latest Chrome Canary build for Windows and Mac brings Google Now cards to your desktop.
Users will need to be signed into Chrome in order to see Now cards on the desktop computer. Some cards may be based on the location of the device, and are likely to display information such as sports scores, weather and event reminders. On Windows, the cards are displayed using Chrome's notification interface in the system tray and on Mac, in the menu bar up top. Clicking the bell icon will reveal them. Users will need to enable the feature manually by going to chrome://flags/#enable-google-now in order to get cards delivered on desktop. Simply switch 'Default' to 'Enabled' and click on 'Relaunch Now.' You'll be good to go. Keep in mind that the Canary build may feature bugs as its not quite ready for public consumption, so keep an open mind when you encounter said bugs.
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