Google’s beefing up Assistant’s mobile capabilities.Image: Google Most people associate voice assistants with smart speakers, but Google is looking to expand Google Assistant’s mobile offerings. At Mobile World Congress, Google announced it’s adding Assistant into the Messages app in Android, expanding integration in Google Maps worldwide, and adding more supported languages. Adding Assistant to the…

Illustration: Chelsea Beck (Gizmodo) Giz AsksIn this Gizmodo series, we ask questions about everything from space to butts and get answers from a variety of experts.   From the outside a dog’s life can seem close to ideal, at least at those moments when your desire to do nothing runs up against the imperatives of being…

Photo: David Nield (Gizmodo) Maybe you’ve got yourself some Apple hardware, but you prefer Google’s apps and services, or maybe you just find Google a less scary Big Brother in your iPhone than Apple (though both companies should inspire concerns about privacy)—to what extent can you live the Google life on your iPhone? We’ll talk…

Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo) While the avalanche of announcements may have made it seem otherwise, today officially marks the first day of Mobile World Congress 2019, and aside from all the ambitious, weird, and sophisticated new handsets on display at the show, without a doubt the other big topic for the show is 5G. By…