IO 2019: Google Search gets a dose of augmented reality, Google Assistant becomes chattier
5 years, 10 months ago

IO 2019: Google Search gets a dose of augmented reality, Google Assistant becomes chattier

India Today  

Google is doubling down on everything smart that it has revealed in the last few years so much so that now the company is increasingly bringing its expertise in artificial intelligence, and machine learning to change its core product: Search. At the IO 2019, Google showcased a number of new features that are coming to Google Search and Google Assistant, and the idea is that instead of just pulling in some information from here and there the Google service should let users "do more". The Google Search is getting a number of enhancements but two are the key ones: Ability to use augmented reality to create search results that are basically information in virtual 3D models. Smarter Google Assistant There are a number of new features Google has added to the Virtual Assistant that lives in its phones and smart speakers in the last few years. This breakthrough enabled us to create a next-generation Assistant that processes speech on-device at nearly zero latency, with transcription that happens in real-time, even when you have no network connection," says Manuel Bronstein Vice President of Product, Google Assistant.

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Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams amid cost-cutting drive
1 year, 2 months ago

Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams amid cost-cutting drive

Associated Press  

Google has laid off hundreds of employees working on its hardware, voice assistance and engineering teams as part of cost-cutting measures. The cuts come as Google looks towards “responsibly investing in our company’s biggest priorities and the significant opportunities ahead,” the company said in a statement. In a post on X — previously known as Twitter — the Alphabet Workers …

Google is giving its dominant search engine an artificial-intelligence makeover
1 year, 10 months ago

Google is giving its dominant search engine an artificial-intelligence makeover

Associated Press  

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google on Wednesday disclosed plans to infuse its dominant search engine with more advanced artificial-intelligence technology, a drive that’s in response to one of the biggest threats to its long-established position as the internet’s main gateway. The gradual shift in how Google’s search engine runs is rolling out three months after Microsoft’s Bing search engine started …

Google Launches New AR Tool For Cloud Users That Works On Smartphone
2 years, 1 month ago

Google Launches New AR Tool For Cloud Users That Works On Smartphone

News 18  

Google on Friday launched its new ‘Immersive Stream for XR’ service for all Google Cloud customers, with which users will not need any powerful hardware or a special application to be immersed in a 3D or augmented reality world. “Immersive Stream for XR is being used to power the ‘immersive view’ feature in Google Maps, while automotive and retail brands …

Google I/O 2019: Inching closer to replacing touch interactions with your voice
5 years, 10 months ago

Google I/O 2019: Inching closer to replacing touch interactions with your voice

Firstpost  

I’m sure we’ve all envied characters from sci-fi flicks who have a virtual assistant to do things for them. Thanks to this, Google Assistant will soon be able to compute all your queries locally itself instead of going back and forth between your phone and Google’s servers. This next-gen assistant will let you instantly operate your phone with your voice, …

Google I/O 2019: AR is now coming to search while Google Lens becomes more useful
5 years, 10 months ago

Google I/O 2019: AR is now coming to search while Google Lens becomes more useful

Firstpost  

Google just introduced a number of interesting new additions like augmented reality for Google Search today at I/O 2019, as well as new features for Google Lens. As Google CEO Sundar Pichai puts it, “Sometimes what’s most helpful in understanding the world is being able to see it visually.” Announcing the new addition on stage, Google said the company will …

IO 2019: Last night Google announced a lot of smart stuff, here is everything important you need to know
5 years, 10 months ago

IO 2019: Last night Google announced a lot of smart stuff, here is everything important you need to know

India Today  

Google IO 2019 is underway in Mountain View, the quaint town near San Francisco. Last night in a keynote that lasted over one and a half hours, Google announced a number of new products and services, including new Pixel 3a phones. The hardware is surely a notch down compared to what Google put in the Pixel 3, but the Pixel …

Google I/O 2019: Privacy controls for Maps, Search, Pixel phones announced
5 years, 10 months ago

Google I/O 2019: Privacy controls for Maps, Search, Pixel phones announced

Firstpost  

Google is launching an Incognito mode for Google Maps and Google search later this year. Alphabet Inc’s Google business on Tuesday announced new privacy controls for its services, including “Incognito mode” for Google Maps, and published new privacy commitments for its hardware, showing how increased public scrutiny is forcing greater transparency in Silicon Valley. Incognito mode, which is launching on …

Google I/O 2019: Google demos rental car bookings using the voice assistant
5 years, 10 months ago

Google I/O 2019: Google demos rental car bookings using the voice assistant

Firstpost  

Google also unveiled AR tech that lets users to view renderings of some specialized visual search results. Alphabet Inc’s Google business on Tuesday offered a preview of voice technology that lets users make rental car bookings for upcoming trips with just a simple ask of the company’s virtual assistant tool. The capability, which Google demonstrated with National Car Rental’s website, …

At IO 2019, with smarter Assistant, more AI and cheaper Pixel phones Google reconsiders vision of future
5 years, 10 months ago

At IO 2019, with smarter Assistant, more AI and cheaper Pixel phones Google reconsiders vision of future

India Today  

Twenty years ago Google began as a company with a mission to organise the world’s information. And the new mission, says Google CEO Sundar Pichai at the company’s annual event IO 2019, is all about helping Google users getting things done. Today, Google products also help you get stuff done, whether it’s finding the right words with Smart Compose in …

Google I/O 2018: Google Lens now works in real-time and will be integrated into most native camera interfaces
6 years, 10 months ago

Google I/O 2018: Google Lens now works in real-time and will be integrated into most native camera interfaces

Firstpost  

Google Lens now work’s proactively as you move the camera and pop’s up markers or information cards as you move. At Google I/O 2018, Google took the next step and announced that Lens will now be built directly into the native camera app on supported devices. Google Lens also lets users make sense of a page of words by showing …

Google's new avatar at IO 2018: Artificially intelligent, more responsible and socially conscious
6 years, 10 months ago

Google's new avatar at IO 2018: Artificially intelligent, more responsible and socially conscious

Firstpost  

Google’s consumer game is on point, but its CEO Sundar Pichai also touched upon a host of socially relevant issues and how Google is trying to tackle them The annual Google developers conference — Google I/O — started with some major announcements, including the release of the next version of Android. But while Google’s consumer game is on point, its …

Google IO 2018: Assistant gets smarter, can now place calls, supports Multiple Actions and is now integrated with Maps
6 years, 10 months ago

Google IO 2018: Assistant gets smarter, can now place calls, supports Multiple Actions and is now integrated with Maps

Firstpost  

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 …

Google Assistant that talks like humans is definitely cool, but it is also creepy
6 years, 10 months ago

Google Assistant that talks like humans is definitely cool, but it is also creepy

India Today  

It's the season of developer conferences and one event that has single-handedly managed to steal the show from Facebook and Microsoft is the ongoing Google I/O 2018. While Android P, artificial intelligence powered Google News, a smart Google Maps app and an equally efficient Gmail are definitely worth your time, one announcement that stands out from the rest is Google …

Google I/O 2018 Day 1 highlights: Android P features, Google Assitant updates, Google Camera improvements and more
6 years, 10 months ago

Google I/O 2018 Day 1 highlights: Android P features, Google Assitant updates, Google Camera improvements and more

Firstpost  

Day 1 of Google’s annual developer conference I/O 2018 was full of new announcements and exciting updates for many of Google’s products. Though we didn’t get to know what Google plans on calling Android P, amazing new developments with Google Assistant, Google Lens, and Maps more than enough made up for it. Google Photos Next up was Google Photos, where …

Google I/O 2018: Android P Beta, updated Google News and conversational Google Assistant announced
6 years, 10 months ago

Google I/O 2018: Android P Beta, updated Google News and conversational Google Assistant announced

India Today  

Google had a slew of announcements to make at its big I/O kickoff on Wednesday. Although the company had something to say about a majority of its products, the updates around Android, Google Assistant and Google News, were without a doubt, the most exciting. The redesigned Google News, in fact, combines bits and pieces from Google's digital magazine app, Newsstand, …

Google I/O 2017: Google has new plans for VR and AR, including standalone headsets
7 years, 10 months ago

Google I/O 2017: Google has new plans for VR and AR, including standalone headsets

Firstpost  

We heard a bunch of interesting announcements in the keynote speech of this year Google I/O. While the future of VR is said to be one where the PC acts as the rendering engine, communicating data through wireless connectivity, Google’s approach eliminates that. According to Google, the new headset will feature positional tracking, which will help users to move and …

Google Lens Turns Your Camera Into a Search Box
7 years, 10 months ago

Google Lens Turns Your Camera Into a Search Box

Wired  

Google is remaking itself as an AI company, a virtual assistant company, a classroom-tools company, a VR company, and a gadget maker, but it's still primarily a search company. And today at Google I/O, its annual gathering of developers, CEO Sundar Pichai announced a new product called Google Lens that amounts to an entirely new way of searching the internet: …

Google I/O 2017: Assistant could make its way to the iPhone this year
7 years, 10 months ago

Google I/O 2017: Assistant could make its way to the iPhone this year

Firstpost  

Google is being speculated to further expand the range of its voice assistant and bring it to iOS devices, primarily the iPhone. This year, it is being speculated that Google will further expand the range of its voice assistant and bring it to iOS devices, primarily the iPhone. Google will also update the integration of Assistant in to its Photos …

Google pushes for virtual reality and augmented reality with new smartphones from partners
8 years, 2 months ago

Google pushes for virtual reality and augmented reality with new smartphones from partners

Firstpost  

Google has been trying to position the vast network of smartphones running its Android operating system for virtual and augmented reality, fields that many in the technology industry say are poised to go mainstream after years of niche appeal. Alphabet Inc’s Google quickened the pace of its push into virtual and augmented reality this week as its hardware partners announced …

Google: Our Assistant Will Trigger the Next Era of AI
8 years, 5 months ago

Google: Our Assistant Will Trigger the Next Era of AI

Wired  

It is the day after Google’s big hardware event in San Francisco, when the company formally unveiled a new phone and a voice-activated speaker. But in a conference room on the company’s sprawling Mountain View campus, Fernando Pereira, who leads Google’s projects in natural language understanding, is less excited about his company’s shiny new devices than he is about what …

All That New Google Hardware? It's a Trojan Horse for AI
8 years, 5 months ago

All That New Google Hardware? It's a Trojan Horse for AI

Wired  

The focus of Google’s big hardware event this week wasn’t the hardware at all. “Five years ago, if we were talking about this, there was the belief that the phone would be the interface to everything,” says Alan Black, a computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University’s Language Technologies Institute. Rick Osterloh, head of Google’s new hardware group, suggested as much …

Google shows up late in crowded AI-based digital-assistant field
8 years, 6 months ago

Google shows up late in crowded AI-based digital-assistant field

Live Mint  

San Francisco: Google unleashed its digital assistant for the first time, arriving late to the intensifying race among the largest technology companies to create a more personal and lucrative way for computers to interact with humans. The assistant will also appear inside Google’s Home internet-connected speaker—expected next month—in new Android smartphones and in devices such as cars and watches made …

Google I/O 2016: Bots, AI and NLP is the next stage of technology evolution
8 years, 10 months ago

Google I/O 2016: Bots, AI and NLP is the next stage of technology evolution

Firstpost  

This has undoubtedly got to be the year of the bots. All you’d need to do is ask Google Assistant, ‘What’s playing tonight?’ And continuing over the conversation, arrive at 4 tickets of Jungle Book for the family. When Google Assistant returns the name of the director from a straightforward query, it feels like there’s nothing different in existing search …

Google’s VR Camera App Will Help You Search ‘Virtually’ Online
9 years ago

Google’s VR Camera App Will Help You Search ‘Virtually’ Online

The Quint  

Internet giant Google is rumoured to have included an extra modification of Google Goggles to the official Google Camera app in Android devices. Google Goggles is an augmented reality app that allows users to make a search by taking a picture of a product or item. The Goggles app is capable of reading text in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, …

Google is the new Microsoft. Uh-Oh.
10 years, 2 months ago

Google is the new Microsoft. Uh-Oh.

Live Mint  

Google Inc. prints money. Citigroup Inc. analyst Mark May says that 60% of Google’s mobile search revenue in 2014 came from the Apple deal. Despite all the talk about Google’s much vaunted moonshots—self-driving cars and Google Glass, internet-connected balloons and drone deliveries—the company is still basically a purveyor of cheap online ads that it sells at massive volume against the …

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