How do I use BlackBerry Assistant on a touch screen Z10?

My sister just got a Z10.

Being familiar with BlackBerry Classic, I often just start typing from the home screen to use the BlackBerry Assistant and call up files/contact/actions etc.

So using her Z10, I used two thumbs up from the bottom of the screen to pull up the onscreen keyboard from the home screen. But the keystrokes did not invoke the Assistant.

How can I use the touch screen keyboard to bring up and control the assistant??

Tap on the icon with the magnifying glass on called "assistant "

Posted via CB10

Or the magnifying glass at the bottom of the home screen.


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Thanks

Posted via CB10

Or you could hold the small button between up and down volume around 2-3 seconds and BBVA will launch shortly

Posted by my awesome Lumia 530

hit the hot key between the volume buttons (at least on the Z30)