The Pixel 7 and its plus-sized Pixel 7 Pro sibling are overflowing with awesome features, but some of their best experience-enhancing possibilities require a little bit of tweaking to set up. Consider this your road map to some of the Pixel 7's best and brightest secrets.
1. A SMARTER ASSISTANT
We're big fans of Google Assistant. But let's be honest: all that “Hey, Google” uttering can get irksome after a while.
That's where the Pixel's Quick Phrases feature comes into play: Quick Phrases lets you activate your Assistant and grab its attention without having to say that insanity-inducing phrase over and over. The catch, though, is that it won't work until you find the option deep within your device's settings and flip its switch. So let's do that, shall we?
Fire up Assistant on your Pixel – by saying “Hey, Google” or tapping the microphone icon in the search box on your home screen – and then say “Assistant settings”. Tap the line labelled ‘Quick Phrases’ on the screen that comes up. If you don't see it, tap ‘See all Assistant settings’ and then find Now, peruse the (admittedly still somewhat limited) list of available commands that your Pixel 7 Assistant can support without any particular launch phrase and think about which ones would be helpful ().
