“Anna Assistant”, once installed, can be simply summoned by saying ‘Hey’ followed by the command. I was a bit skeptical about its accuracy and performance initially, however, the extension works surprisingly well even if you speak softly. As of now, Anna supports a dozen actions. These include searching on Google, closing a tab, weather, opening websites and more. It functions in the background. Hence you won’t ever face pop-ups or any other sort of animation at all. Moreover, Anna comes integrated with a few more essential websites as well. For instance, you can send a tweet, compose a mail, ask for directions on Google Maps, play a specific YouTube video and a couple more. Anna can also randomly generate a motivational quote if you’re feeling low. As you can tell, these features are relatively basic. Hence, I hope the developer adds more in the forthcoming updates. It also currently lacks an option to switch voices between a male and a female. Anna Assistant is developed by an India-based team and interestingly, Anna’s voice, as well as its accent, accentuates that even further. Because of this, I also didn’t encounter any speech issues and the extension was able to recognize my command every time. If in case Anna is unable to understand a particular command, it just fires up a web search like every other virtual assistant out there. Anna Assistant is entirely free of cost, and you can download it from the Chrome Web Store. Check out the video embedded down below to watch Anna in action.
