Google Assistant can now give you step-by-step instructions in the kitchen. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Google Assistant can now give you step-by-step instructions in the kitchen.

Google Home, the tech giant's digital assistant and answer to the popular Amazon Echo, is adding a long list of new features, Google vice president Rishi Chandra announced at the company's I/O conference Wednesday. The laundry list of upgrades includes more helpful notifications, Bluetooth connectivity, and an expansion to non-U.S. SEE ALSO: Google's data center raises the stakes in this state's'water wars' Proactive assistance was the first new feature announced onstage. That means the device will automatically notify if there's traffic on the way to a calendar event, for example. Chandra called his mom from the stage to demonstrate Google Home's new hands-free calling.