Google Assistant Unofficial for Desktop client (Win, Mac, Linux)

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"[...] there wasn't an easy way to get Google's digital assistant running on Windows, macOS, or Linux. That's changing now thanks to an unofficial Google Assistant desktop client released by Melvin Abraham on GitHub.

The client uses the Google Assistant SDK to bring the digital assistant to your desktops and laptops, and it works astonishingly well. You can install it for Windows, macOS, and Linux machines by heading to the Releases page and downloading the package for the relevant OS.

The downside is that although the desktop client comes with an executable installer, you will need to set up the Google Assistant API with Google Cloud and create a custom token. There's a detailed guide that walks through the entire process, and it shouldn't take more than 10 minutes to set it up.
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Why though, despite Linux the other two already have an assistant and no one cares about them (most people hate them in fact).
 
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I would like to know how many people are using Google Assistant on Linux. LOL.
 
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