Alice is a voice assistant developed by Yandex. It has many useful features. Alice can control the device on which it is running, answer the user’s questions, and conduct a dialogue with him. Therefore, the Yandex voice assistant has become one of the most frequently installed applications on all phones running the Android operating system. Experienced users are unlikely to experience any difficulties installing the application. However, inexperienced smartphone owners may have difficulty setting up Alice on Android. This can be done using detailed instructions.
What is the voice assistant Alice and what are its capabilities on Android
Currently, all major IT corporations are working on creating and improving artificial intelligence. Alice is evidence of the success of Yandex in this field. This voice assistant is a bot that can chat with people and perform other useful functions.
Alice makes it easier to use many phone functions
Its activation is possible not only on mobile phones, but also on tablets. You can use Alice for the following purposes:
- Simple entertainment - talking with a bot on topics of interest.
- Search for information. By giving voice commands to the assistant, you can search Internet browsers for all the necessary information.
- Activation of programs and applications on computers and mobile devices.
Additional Information! Alice is an analogue of Siri on Apple devices.
Communication with the user
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Of course, it’s difficult to call such a dialogue full-fledged communication - after all, the conversation takes place with a bot. Everything here is extremely simple - the owner of the device sends a text or voice message, which is still converted to text. The program, in turn, finds a suitable answer and sends it to the user.
Additional Information! In total, there are several thousand response templates in the application database.
But at the same time, Alice’s artificial intelligence has not yet been perfected. Unfortunately, it is not always able to fully understand what the user meant. The application can respond to standard requests, but during complex dialogues the following problems often arise:
- the program throws an error and says that it did not understand the question;
- tries to generate a response on its own.
In the second option for continuing the dialogue, Alice tries to answer in general phrases, which takes the dialogue away from the main topic of the conversation.
Sometimes the app can't handle simple questions
Communication with the user is perhaps the weakest aspect of the application. So far, artificial intelligence has not been perfected.
Searching for information on the Internet
You can install the Alice voice assistant on your Android phone to make it easier to search for information on the Internet. With it, there is no need to go into the browser and type a request - just say it in words, and the program itself will provide the necessary information. The main thing is to formulate the question correctly, and in this case Alice will be able to give a detailed and correct answer.
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In some cases, the message can be used as a search query. In this case, the application can automatically open the browser, which will open the search results page.
In addition to general information, the voice assistant can easily display the following information on the screen:
- Displays the weather in various cities around the world. At the same time, Alice understands the abbreviations EKB, SPB, MSK.
- Shows information about traffic jams.
- Shows the estimated price of air tickets and flight duration.
- Build a route between two points.
- Solve simple mathematical examples.
Additional Information! Upon request, the assistant instantly opens the required website or the desired Yandex service in the browser.
Some of the main functions of the voice assistant
Skills
On any smartphone with Android OS, you can enable built-in applications or so-called skills. Usually the most popular ones are configured:
Games and entertainment
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You can install text games, quizzes, tasks and other entertainment applications on your phone. Each user will find a topic of interest to them - quizzes on games and films, tests on history and geography. With Alice you can play “I Believe It or Not” or try your hand at text quests.
Interesting! Even fans of card games can compete with her in Black Jack.
Education
This category contains educational and entertaining puzzles. For example, you can practice solving math problems or improve your foreign language skills. Poetry lovers will have the opportunity to listen to poems performed by a bot.
For children
If you need to keep your child occupied on a bus or train, you can connect one of several applications for Children. So, the child will have the opportunity to play “Find the Extra One,” where he will practice his logical skills or try his hand at solving riddles.
The voice assistant contains a large number of applications useful for children and adults. Here everyone will find something interesting for themselves.
Alice will be useful for both adults and children
Launching custom applications
Among other things, the voice assistant can be used as an assistant to launch other applications installed on the device. To do this, just say the name of the desired program into the microphone, and Alice will log into it.
In addition, it can be used to open any folders located on the device, as well as pictures, videos and audio. The voice assistant will help you quickly make a call. To do this, just name the subscriber as he is recorded in the phone book.
Important! Alice installed on a personal computer can turn off or restart the PC on its own.
Activation sound
When using a key phrase assigned in the settings, Yandex.Station always reacts by turning on the corresponding highlight. In addition, through the parameters you can also enable or disable a short sound signal by moving the “Activation Sound” slider to the desired direction, located on the main settings page.
How to download and install Alice on an Android phone
Users often do not understand where they can download Alice to their device. The fact is that the voice assistant is part of Yandex.Browser and is downloaded along with it from the Play Market.
To do this, you must perform the following sequence of actions:
- Open Play Store on your mobile device.
- In the store navigator write Yandex Browser.
- Install app.
- After this, the program will be added to your desktop.
- Then you need to find the Alice Yandex application in the Play Market and download it. The installation will take place automatically.
Alica comes bundled with Yandex
Multi-device response
If you use several devices with voice recognition connected to one Yandex account, be sure to enable the “Reply with one device” option in the settings. Otherwise, every gadget will respond to entering a request, thereby causing discomfort.
How to set up the Alice voice assistant on Android
The voice assistant is configured directly in the Yandex Browser dialog box. After this, the following steps must be followed to activate:
- Launch Yandex Browser. After this, click on the menu button in the upper left corner of the screen.
- In the menu that opens, select the Settings option and switch the necessary sliders to the Enabled position.
- After that, go to the Voice Activation page. The Alice assistant will be enabled by default. If the utility is not needed at the moment, then it should be turned off. After this, it will stop responding to voice commands.
It is also recommended to activate the Offline search option, which allows you to use the assistant in the absence of the Internet. Its essence is that all query results will be stored in the device’s memory and used in case of network outages.
In the dialog box, you need to click on the three dots located in the upper right corner. A menu will open from which you can select additional options.
Important! The menu has the following options - What Alice can do (assistant functionality), Clear history and Feedback (you can contact the developer or the application support service).
An undoubted advantage is that Alice on Android works in the background. True, to launch it, it is not enough to say the desired command, but you will need to perform several more actions.
What is Yandex Plus?
A Yandex subscription covers several services at once. And its cost is only 169 rubles per month. Today it can be purchased by residents of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus.
After payment we will receive:
| Possibilities: | Explanation: |
| Discount on taxi “Business”, “Comfort”. | At the rate of 10%. |
| Listening and downloading any music tracks in Yandex.Music for the Alice speaker. | The service will also be available absolutely without advertising. |
| 10 GB of additional space on Yandex.Disk. | And also a thirty percent discount on the purchase of a new plan. |
| Watch movies online in the KinoPoisk service. | As well as receiving discounts on the rental and purchase of films |
| Participants of the Afisha service will receive additional points to their account. | For purchasing tickets. |
You can also count on a discount on use and on trips to Drive.
In some countries, the use of discounts and services that a Yandex subscription opens is not available. If you paid for Yandex.Plus and were forced to move, then only the Yandex.Music and Yandex.Disk subscription services will be available. You can take advantage of the remaining benefits of the subscription when you return home (to Russia) or move to countries where it is fully available.
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How to activate Alice by voice on Android
When the installation of the voice assistant on your smartphone is completed, you can begin to activate it with your voice. The simplest option for this action is to use the widget available in the Yandex browser. After that, just click on the microphone icon and say a command or ask a question. Moreover, it must begin with the words: “Listen, Yandex” or “Listen, Alice.”
Unfortunately, there is no easy way to call Alice by voice on an Android phone in the background. The fact is that Google has a priority right on all smartphones to launch its voice assistant. Therefore, any other assistant will not be able to fully work next to him.
But there is still an option that allows you to run Alice even on a locked phone screen. This feature is available on devices with the Android operating system 5 or higher through the Google Assistant and the Voice Match function.
To do this you will have to do the following:
- Install Google Assistant on your mobile device and activate the Voice Match option.
- After this, you need to lock the mobile phone screen and say “Okay, Google.”
- Using this command, the user will put the Google Assistant into standby mode for a voice command.
- Now you need to say “Open Yandex”. The browser will launch with the built-in voice assistant Alice.
- Now you just need to say the command and the Yandex assistant will start working.
Voice Match does not work on all Android devices
Unfortunately, due to the peculiarities of Google's policy, using the Alice voice assistant on devices with Android OS is difficult - instead of one command, you have to say several. However, there is good news for fans of Russian technologies - almost a year ago, the Yandex.Station smart speaker was released, in which Alice works in the “Always Listening” mode by default.
Thus, thanks to its expanded functionality, expanded database and a large number of useful properties, the voice assistant Alice from Yandex is one of the best bots with artificial intelligence.
Smart speaker functions
The smart speaker is equipped with many functions that simplify a person’s life:
- Works as an alarm clock
- Includes music, movies, audiobook
- Shows video from Amediateka, Ivi and Kinopoisk services
- Order food, taxi, cleaning via the Internet
- Buy tickets to the cinema, theater, plane
- Tells the weather, horoscope
- Will open the site you need
- Determines the phone number
She can perform these small tasks, making life much easier for her owner. Due to flexible intelligence, it becomes easier to manage the device; it adapts to the user, his needs and interests. Alice is still losing to her foreign competitors. It has fewer capabilities, but the main functions are preserved. It's easy to connect and uses Russian.
