Google IO 2018: Assistant gets smarter, can now place calls, supports Multiple Actions and is now integrated with Maps
This year’s Google I/O just got underway and just like most of Google’s other services get an update, so does the Google Assistant. Google’s vision for what it calls the next phase of the Google Assistant is primarily threefold – to make the assistant naturally conversational, more visual and helpful instead of being counter-productive. Google Duplex Perhaps one of the biggest “OMG” additions to the Google Assistant is what’s called Google Duplex. Continued Conversation Focusing on making the question-answer process less robotic, users will now be able to have a natural back-and-forth conversation with Google Assistant without having to repeat the trigger phrase, “Hey Google”. Google has done away with that and is rolling out Custom Routines, which allow users to create one’s own Routine with any of the Google Assistant’s actions.
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