The Google Assistant is gaining another new feature to help you during this holiday season and beyond.
Google Assistant can now show you predicted flight delays. Just ask something like "Hey Google, is my flight on time?" or "Hey Google, what's the status of the American Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Denver?" and the Google Assistant will help you determine if your flight will be late.
Google Assistant will also begin proactively notifying you about predicted flight delays and telling your the reason if it's known. This feature will begin rolling out over the next few weeks.
Google Flights began predicted flight delays earlier this year. The feature uses historing flight status data and machine learning algorithms to determine if a flight delay is likely, and if it's 85 percent confident that a flight will eventually be delayed, you'll be notified. This is a pretty handy feature for helping to make your travel plans and to help you avoid scrambling around and trying to make alternate plans at the last minute.