Our lone worker solution from Ok Alone works with Google Assistant. We have an action for your Android smart phone that lets you connect to your Ok Alone lone worker account and manage your status using your voice – handsfree while you work alone.
Google Assistant is a virtual assistant from google that lets you do lots of things using your voice. By saying something like “Hey Google”, “Ask Google” or “Ok Google” you can ask anything. You can control devices, play music, get the news and now you can control your Ok Alone status using your voice too.
Please refer to your device manufacturer’s instructions on how to set up Google Assistant on your Android device.
Using Actions for Google Assistant, you can search for Ok Alone and our lone worker action to add it to Google Assistant. It is then ready to use out of the box.
Once the Ok Alone lone worker action is installed, here is how you can use it when working alone to manage your status with any Google Assistant.
Before you can use Ok Alone on your Android device you need to install our app. To do this do the following:
For Ok Alone to work with Google Asssitant please make sure you at version 10.500 or above installed.
You can then open Google Assitant and say “Open Ok Alone”, or “Hey Google, open Ok Alone”
Google Assistant and our Ok Alone event is available for everyone, even on free trials. So use the links above to try Ok Alone for free today.
The Ok Alone team writes informative articles about lone working. Through our articles, we aim to educate readers on the benefits and best practices of using our lone worker app, and how Ok Alone can help mitigate risks and enhance communication between workers and monitors. Learn about other areas including legislation, risk management, and legal compliance plus lone worker features such as man down, high-risk check ins and location monitoring.
This post was last modified on November 6, 2024 9:08 am
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