Tag Archives: Assistant

Summary Google Assistant will no longer be available on Samsung TVs starting March 1st, 2024, due to a change in Google’s policy. Users will need to switch to Bixby or Amazon Alexa as alternatives for voice control on compatible Samsung TVs. There have been ongoing issues with Google Assistant on Samsung TVs, including missing support on newer models and broken setup processes. Google Assistant lost more than a dozen features in January, and it doesn’t look like things… Source link

Summary Google backtracks on killing off Assistant Driving Mode, but users will still lose access to the app launcher within Maps. Without the app launcher, all that exists of Assistant Driving Mode is a media player and an Assistant shortcut, effectively leaving the UI dead regardless of its name. The shift to Android Auto and Automotive suggests that Google may leave older vehicles and drivers behind, with no new car-friendly UI attempts in sight. In a classic case of… Source link

Earlier this month, Google announced it was deprecating a slew of Assistant features. One of those removals was the “App Launcher” in Assistant Driving Mode, which most people assumed was the entire experience. Google tells us that is not the case, and here’s what will be left of Assistant Driving Mode after February 7. In short, Assistant Driving Mode is the black bar that appears at the bottom of Google Maps when you’re navigating. At the moment, it can… Source link

Google Assistant is the search engine tech giant’s answer to Siri that responds to “Hey Google!” In case you missed it, “Google Assistant with Bard” is now in the works, which is set to underpin the assistant with Bard (i.e., Google’s AI-powered chatbot). And now, thanks to a new leak, we’re seeing some semblance of its existence. ‘Google Assistant with Bard’ demo found in Pixel Tips app Since October, Google hasn’t said much about its plan to enhance its voice assistant with its powerful Bard… Source link

Google is hoping to breathe new life into Assistant by integrating its large language model chatbot Bard. Fresh leaks suggest this could launch as soon as March, bringing generative AI capabilities and improved reasoning to the voice assistant. The Google News Telegram channel first reported the date after spotting a demo video of Assistant with Bard inside the Pixel Tips app.  We haven’t been able to find the video inside the app ourselves but the video looks like a typical Google… Source link

During the Pixel 8 event, “Assistant with Bard” was announced for 2024. Before it launches on Android, Google might be dropping the “Assistant” moniker and rebrand to just “Bard.” About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps), we’re able to see various lines of code within that hint… Source link

Google Assistant can do an insane amount of stuff, and the list of features grows larger with each passing year — especially thanks to better generative AI support. So, just like me, it sounds like Google Assistant’s New Year’s Resolution is to shed some of the extra weight — and will be losing 17 “underutilized” features in the coming weeks.  According to Google’s announcement, it wants to focus on “experiences you love and investing in the underlying technology to make… Source link

Enlarge / Google is looking pretty dilapidated these days. Aurich Lawson Google’s cost-cutters are still working overtime, with more layoffs this week and cuts to Google Assistant functionality. First up, The New York Times reports Google laid off “hundreds” of workers in “several divisions” on Wednesday. Core engineering, the Google Assistant, and the hardware division all lost people. The report says that… Source link

Google is changing the Google Assistant, removing and changing dozens of features that some of you may have become accustomed to. Google said these changes are aimed to “focus on quality and reliability,” adding it will “ultimately make it easier to use Assistant across devices,” the company wrote. With these changes, Google also has laid off hundreds of employees who worked on Google Assistant. It makes you wonder if AI will be the future and overtake Google Assistant. Although… Source link

Playing and controlling audiobooks on Google Play Books with your voice. You can still cast audiobooks from your mobile device. Setting or using media alarms, music alarms, or radio alarms on Google Assistant enabled devices. You can create a custom Routine that has similar behavior or use a standard alarm. Accessing or managing your cookbook, transfering recipes from device to device, playing an instructional recipe video, or showing step-by-step recipes. You can use Google Assistant to… Source link