Following in the footsteps of Apple and Amazon, Google wants to put its new smart assistant inside cars

Google's new Assistant is already enabled in its messaging app, its Amazon Echo-like Home device, and its new Pixel phone. Now, the company wants to put Google Assistant in vehicles, too. The artificial intelligence-powered Assistant is similar to Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa and gets smarter over time. It was first unveiled in Google's new messaging app, Allo, last month, powers Google Home, and comes standard on Google's new smartphone. According to the Wall Street Journal's Christopher Mims, Google is now pursuing partnerships with automakers to let the Assistant work directly with vehicles.