CES 2020: Google Assistant to get longform reading in more human-like voice, deeper smart home integration

This longform reading feature will initially be available for articles and websites, however, it may soon be expanded to reading your emails. Google says that this year, the voice assistant will get a new voice that will read articles and web pages aloud in a more natural and human-like voice. Google Assistant is also getting a new feature where saying “Hey Google, read it” or “Hey Google, read this page” will trigger it to read or translate text from an article or webpage into 42 languages. Google also announced that later this year, the smart assistant will also get ‘Scheduled Actions’, which will allow it to turn on/off or start/stop a smart device at the time of your choosing. Google Assistant will also be getting a few security features like saying “Hey Google, that wasn’t for you” will trigger deleting a mistaken recording.