No need to say ‘Hey Google’ to talk to the Assistant on your Smart Display
Google has made significant strides in the past few years in making conversations with the Assistant as natural as possible. However, it can still feel awkward to say “Hey Google” every time you want to talk to him. At Google I/O 2022, the company is announcing Look & Talk, its next big step in solving this hurdle by completely eliminating the need to use waywords.
This feature will only allow you to look at your smart display and summon the voice assistant – no need to say “Hey Google” first. The Assistant logo will appear in the top left corner to let you know that he’s listening. It will initially be available on the Nest Hub Max in the US.
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Look and Talk will only work if you opt-in to use it and both Face Match and Voice Match are enabled. All video interactions are processed locally and are not shared with Google’s services. It will also work in a wide variety of skin tones as it uses the same processing principles behind the Real Tone on Pixel phone cameras.
While Look and Talk may seem like a simple feature, Google says a lot lies in the background, with six machine learning models processing more than 100 signals from cameras and microphones.
Additionally, quick phrase support is coming to the Nest Hub Max, so you won’t need to say “Hey Google” before some normal daily interactions. For example, you can say “set a timer for 10 minutes” on your smart display without saying the hotword first. The feature first debuted on the Pixel 6 series last year and was expanded to work with French, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese languages in April.
Moving forward, Google is working on more powerful speech and language models that can better understand the nuances of human speech such as filler words (ums and ahs) and what happens when someone is struggling to find the right words. stops. By harnessing the power of its Tensor chip, the new model aims to help Google Assistant increase the fluidity of conversations in real-time.
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