Google Assistant learns how to read texts as its prime-time rollout continues

Google Assistant is having a great month. Just last week Google started rolling out its voice-activated aide to all Android phones running Marshmallow and Nougat, and now it's showing off a new trick that will make it much more useful: integration with our messages. For whatever reason, Google Assistant struggled when it came to reading our messages before. Even though it had a second home in Allo and could send messages on command, Assistant balked when asked basic questions about our incoming texts, as it was unable to read and interact with them. As first spotted by 9to5Google, that's changed in the latest update. Now you can ask Assistant to hear the last message you received, dictate the one you just sent, and even read the most recent message from a specific person.