How to book and manage your flights with Google Home
With the help of Google Assistant, you can use Google Home to replace your travel agent when searching for flights. Here's how.
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google flightsFor busy business travelers, managing and booking multiple flights can be quite troublesome. Part of the appeal of smart assistants is their ability to supplant personal assistance services—such as travel agents—in an effort to make the life of the end user easier. Using Google Home, you can find and track flights, get information for flights you have already booked, and get suggestions for what to do when you arrive at your destination. google flights booking
Google Assistant is able to provide publicly-available information about available flights and pricing information for future flights using the QPX API. Information for flights you have already booked is distilled from information in your Gmail inbox. In order to use those features, enabling "personal results" in the Google Home app is required. Additionally, you can review information stored about you by using the "My Activity" manager in your Google account. google flights explorer
Searching for flights
You can find a flight by asking "Find me flights to (place)." By default, results include flights with stops, though you can ask "Find me non-stop flights to (place)." The reply will provide departure and return dates, starting price, and (typically) flight duration. google flights search
Assistant has some limitations in searching for places. Generally, asking for the name of a city returns the most reliable results. Asking for specific airports, e.g., Newark or JFK for New York, or Haneda or Narita for Tokyo, return results for the city, not the specific airport. States and Provinces work inconsistently. Asking for flights to Hawaii or California return specific flight results, though asking for flights to Colorado or Nova Scotia return search results. However, asking for flights to Denver or Halifax correctly return flight results. google flights matrix
Alternatively, you can ask "How much is a flight to (place) in (time)?" This question can only be used to find prices for a given location, not for a specific flight number. google flights tracker