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Google Assistant Update: Google will remove 17 underused features from the Assistant

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Google will remove 17 underused features from the Assistant: Here’s the full list of Google Assistant Update

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Starting January 26, Google will remove some less-used voice commands from the Google Assistant to improve the overall user experience.

Google has announced that it will remove 17 skills from Google Assistant starting January 26. In a recent blog post, the company said that these are some of the least-used features and that users will receive notifications about skills that will be unavailable after a certain period of time. date of. Here is the complete list of commands that will soon stop working in Google Assistant:

  1. Capability to play and oversee audiobooks within Google Play Books.
  2. Settings or use of media, music, and radio signals on Google Assistant-enabled devices.
  3. Manage your cookbooks, transfer recipes from one device to another, play instructional recipe videos and show step-by-step recipes.
  4. Stopwatch control on smart displays and speakers.
  5. Use your voice to make a call to any device or broadcast a message to a family group.
  6. The capability to transmit emails, video, or audio messages through voice.
  7. Transfer events to Google Calendar using your voice.
  8. Use the app launcher to read and send messages, make calls, and control media while in Google Assistant driving mode.
  9. Ability to schedule or listen to preset Family Bell announcements.
  10. Ask Google Assistant to meditate using Calm.
  11. Control your actions with your voice on Fitbit Sense and Versa 3.
  12. View your sleep summary on Google Smart Display.
  13. Calls made using smart displays and speakers no longer display caller ID unless they are made in Google Duo.
  14. Smart displays will no longer show commute time to work.
  15. Checking individual routes using your voice.
  16. Using your voice to perform tasks like making a payment, making a reservation, or posting on social media.
  17. I would like contact information.

The company is also making some changes to the Google App

The microphone icon now brings up search results. While you can continue to use the keyword “Hey Google” or “Hey Google” to launch the digital assistant, the microphone icon in the Google app search bar will no longer be able to do things like turn off lights or send messages. This change also affects the microphone icon in the Pixel search bar, which now launches voice search instead of the Google Assistant .

Why is Google removing these skills from Google Assistant ?

Google says it is doing this to provide a better user experience and that these skills were not widely used initially. But this could also be a glimpse of things to come. The company is reportedly renaming Google Assistant to “Assistant with Bard,” but a new report suggests it may just rename the product to “Bard.”

With Samsung rumored to offer generic AI features on devices in the upcoming Galaxy S24 series, and Microsoft Copilot competing directly with Bard, it seems Google’s recent move could be part of a larger restructuring plan that We will not have information about it.

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