Google venturing into smart displays led to the arrival of a new Google Assistant feature called Ambient Mode earlier this year. This feature turns your smartphone or tablet into smart displays on plugging them in for charging. Google Assitant takes over the lockscreen or always-on display – showing notifications, the weather, calendar events, music control, and photo albums. It was rolled out to only a handful of phones and tablets at launch but it now seems to be rolling out to more phones.
You also need to have the latest beta for the Google app installed on your device. If you do, navigate to Google App settings > Assistant > Devices (at the bottom) and tap on “Phone.” You will now be able to adjust settings for the Assistant on your smartphone.
