Google launches new Assistant and puts it at heart of Home
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#1WZG0)
Search company unveils revamped voice assistant AI and launches Home, a rival to Amazon's Echo smart speaker hub
Google has launched a revamped artificially intelligent personal assistant that aims to be the Google people need wherever they are, be it on their smartphone or in the home through a new voice-enabled speaker.
On the face of it, Assistant appears to be everything Google was already doing through its Now personal assistant on the phone, voice search on the web and information services built into its email, calendar and messenger products. But Google Assistant takes it one step further with a conversational interface that adapts to when, where and how you use it.
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