Big changes headed to Google Assistant

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Big changes headed to Google Assistant

Google has announced several updates to Google Assistant coming in 2020.

The company said Assistant is now available on over 1 billion devices, and it will expand support to a range of new smart displays, speakers, headphones, and soundbars from multiple manufacturers.

It also unveiled the new features that will be introduced this year, detailed below.

 

[Ninja'd]

How about stopping it from randomly popping up when I'm listening to music and podcasts?

 

[KingMikel]

I can say "Okay Google" all I like and get 0 love from Google Assistant, but let me watch something on TV and the assistant pops up the whole damn time.

 

[backstreetboy]

How about stopping it from randomly popping up when I'm listening to music and podcasts?

Just stop triggering it?

 

[R13...]

Just stop triggering it?

If we knew how we'd stop it. It just starts while you're doing nothing that should trigger it.

 

[Ninja'd]

Just stop triggering it?

No trigger. There'd be complete silence and it'll still activate.

 

[Dolby]

I just wish they'd change that wake word ....

'Alexa' just sound so much better than 'OK, Google ...'

 

[backstreetboy]

I just wish they'd change that wake word ....

'Alexa' just sound so much better than 'OK, Google ...'

You can say Hey Google.

 

[Nick333]

I just wish they'd change that wake word ....

'Alexa' just sound so much better than 'OK, Google ...'

Pretty sure you can make it whatever you want.

 

[mastercylinder]

I feel like it should take "No dammit" as an instruction to forget what it just heard.
"hey google, search for alternative specs"
"No, dammit"

 

[joshuatree]