While mainstream voice assistants like Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant have captured the limelight, Linux-based alternatives are quietly reshaping the landscape with their focus on openness, privacy ...

Thanks to an unofficial workaround, you can now enjoy the – normally – fantastic Google Assistant on your desktop PC, Mac, or Linux machine.

What that means is that anybody can download and run the Google Assistant on a gadget of their choice — Google says it will run well on Raspberry Pi 3 devices and also on Linux.

The Google Assistant tool supports Windows, macOS, and Linux Even if you’re not on Windows, you can still get Google Assistant on your computer if you run a macOS or Linux machine.