Google is removing 17 ‘underutilized’ Assistant features
Reading Time: 2 minutesGoogle is removing 17 ‘underutilized’ features in Google Assistant to focus on ‘quality and reliability,’ the company announced on Thursday. Starting January 26, when a user asks for one of the features that’s being removed, they will get a notification that the feature won’t be available after a certain date. The news comes as Google is laying off hundreds of employees in its Google Assistant, hardware and other divisions.
The features being removed include the ability to use your voice to send an email video or audio message. Users will also no longer be able to use their voice to do things like send a payment, make a reservation or post to social media. It’s worth noting that Google is offering workarounds for some of the lost features, but not all.
Here are all of the features being removed, as listed by Google:
Google also announced that the microphone icon in the Google app will now trigger Search results in response to your queries. With this change, you won’t be able to use the Search bar microphone to do things like turn on the lights or send a message. Google says Pixel devices will also be impacted, as the microphone in the Pixel Search bar will now activate Voice Search instead of Assistant.
The tech giant is inviting users to provide feedback on the changes using ‘Hey Google, send feedback.’
Today’s announcement comes three months after Google introduced Assistant with Bard, a new version of its assistant that’s powered by generative AI technologies. Assistant with Bard is able to handle a broader range of questions and tasks and also offer personalized responses to queries. It’s unknown if today’s announcement is related to introduction of Assistant with Bard.
Reference: https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/11/google-is-removing-17-underutilized-assistant-features/
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