Google Assistant can now read texts from third-party apps including WhatsApp and Telegram - Android

Google Assistant is at the center of the Google ecosystem, which is why Google keeps giving it more and more things to do. It used to be that when you summoned Google Assistant and asked it to read your messages, you'd hear the content inside SMS texts that you received from Android Messages and Hangouts. But it wouldn't read  messages that you received from third-party apps like WhatsApp and Telegram. Today, Android Police reports that it has been tipped about a change in Assistant that has taken place over the last couple of days.

According to this tipster, ...