Google updates its assistant to activate it from any screen
As every Thursday, users of the services of Google begin to receive news. And it is that Wednesdays (US time) is the day chosen to launch updates about its services and applications As usual in recent weeks, these updates have the same leitmotiv: update their appearance to match the lines of the design defined by Material Design, the predominant style before the arrival of Android 5.0 or Lollipop This time it was the turn of the application Google, formerly known as Google Search and where your assistant is hosted Google Now
This is the version 4.0 of this application created especially to help users in their Internet searches, in addition to performing tasks with a simple voice command. A tool that now adopts the style Material Design This translates into vivid and strong colors, in addition to fluid animations to show all the contents on the screen. Something that makes your user experience more dynamic, with simple buttons and elements that appear and move logically across the screen, without suddenly appearing without a specific origin. But this is only part of the update.
Another of the most important innovations comes from Google Now And it is that the voice assistant can now be activated using the command “OK, Google” in more languages and from any terminal screen That is, it is possible to book an appointment in the calendar by saying “OK Google, remind me to visit my grandmother” from the desktop or any other menu outside the application Google Of course, for this it is necessary to activate this option through its Settings menu. In addition, Nexus 6, 9 and Samsung Galaxy Note 4 devices can perform these tasks with the handset screen off , and without the need to be connected to the current.
But there are more interesting news. Among them the search through other applications installed in the terminal.A news already announced by Google but that begins to be useful through this update. Just say “OK Google, search Tumblr for neat things”, for example, to get to the content you want even when you're in another app. Of course, for this, developers must adapt their tools so that Google searches through them. Something that will be seen in more and more applications.
Apart from all this are the new cards from Google NowTools that show information of interest to the user even before he searches for it. Issues that expand with the half-done plans discovered in Gmail conversations and that can be signed up in the agenda just by confirming the action, create lists with things to do or keep track of planned trips
In short, an update to continue promoting this useful tool for the organized user and for those who want to carry out a task or a search practically without touching the terminal. The update has already been launched in the United States, still needing a few days for its arrival in SpainWill do it for free through Google Play for Android and from App Store for iPhone
