Google Assistant

by Google

Google's voice assistant for Android, Nest speakers, and Wear OS.

TL;DR

Google's voice assistant for Android, Nest speakers, and Wear OS.

Best for android phones, Pixel hardware, and Nest speakers — same recognizer powers Live Caption and Recorder on Pixel. Pricing: Free with Google account.

Category
Products
License
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Stars
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Last push
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Pricing
Free with Google account
Platforms
Android, iOS, Hardware, Web

What it is

Google Assistant uses cloud ASR for most queries with on-device fallbacks on Pixel hardware. The same speech models power Recorder, Live Caption, and Live Transcribe on Pixel/Android.

Best for: Android phones, Pixel hardware, and Nest speakers — same recognizer powers Live Caption and Recorder on Pixel.
Watch out for: Google is gradually transitioning Assistant capabilities to Gemini on newer Android; older device parity will drift.

Install / use

assistant.google.com — built into Android; iOS app in App Store

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supported44
HIPAA eligibleNo

Google Assistant vs Whipscribe

FeatureGoogle AssistantWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingFree with Google accountfree beta
Speaker diarization—Yes
Word timestamps—Yes
StreamingYesNo
Languages4499
PlatformsAndroid, iOS, Hardware, WebWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Google Assistant

Otter.ai
Otter.ai

Meeting-bot transcription product for Zoom/Meet/Teams.

free / from $10/mo
Rev
Rev

Human + AI transcription, highest accuracy tier on the market.

AI from $0.25/min · human from $1.50/min
Descript
Descript

Audio/video editor that treats the transcript as the timeline — different product category.

free / from $12/mo

Whipscribe is a managed faster-whisper + whisperX service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.