Google also unveiled “Google Home”- a voice activated product.
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced “Google Assistant” which will help users with daily tasks like booking movie tickets.
The assistant is conversational- an ongoing two- way dialogue between user and Google that understand users world and help them to get things done.
“It makes it easy to buy movie tickets while on the go, to find that perfect restaurant for your family to grab a quick bite before the movie starts, and then help you navigate to the theatre. It’s a Google for you, by you”, Pichai wrote in an official blog post.
“The assistant is an ambient experience that will work seamlessly across devices and contexts. So you can summon Google’s help no matter where you are or what the context. It builds on all our years of investment in deeply understanding users’ questions. Pichai added.
Google also unveiled “Google Home”- a voice activated product that brings the Google assistant to any room of your house, ‘Allo’ a new messaging app and video calling feature ‘Duo’.
“With a simple voice command, you can ask Google Home to play a song, set a timer for the oven, check your flight, or turn on your light” blog post says.
The messaging app ‘Allo’ comes complete with the ‘Google Assistant’ so the users can interact with it directly in their chats, either one-on-one or with friends.
‘Duo’ is a companion app for one-to-one video calling.
Both Allo and Duo are based on phone number, so users can communicate with anyone regardless of whether they’re on Android or iOS. Both apps will be available this summer.
“We are sharing details about what’s coming in Android N, including better performance for graphics and effects, reduced battery consumption and storage, background downloads of system updates, and streamlined notifications so you can power through them faster, and updated emojis including 72 new ones,”Sundar Pichai said.
Google also previewed ‘Android Wear 2.0’ including a revamped user experience and stand alone apps that run right on the watch.