Google Now already shows cards with information from 40 different apps
Google already announced a few months ago its interest in developing its proactive assistant Google Now with the rest of applications and platform services Android Something that would result in a tool smarter and more capable by being able to search within other applications and present the results to the user in the form of its characteristic information cards.Well then. This has already materialized thanks to the collaboration between Google and over 30+ developers, now enabling Google Now access to the corners of their applications.
Google has announced it through its official blog , through a publication where he recounts several examples in which this functionality can be useful. And it is that, if the user consults Google Now on a regular basis to search for news and has the application of the British newspaper The Guardian , a card will show the hottest news just by accessing the wizard. Or you could even receive a card with a playlist from the Pandora app right now in which You start your journey to work Questions that are welcome since Google Now works proactively, informing the user before he asks, in addition to displaying content that you want to search through itself.
Thus, 40 applications already collaborate actively with Google Nowto provide your information through the aforementioned cards. Many of them are widely known around the world, such as the rental company Airbnb, the travel company Tripadvisor , the music recognition of Shazam, the community GPS of Waze , the languages of Duolingo, the sport of Runkeeper or the taxis ofHailo among many other options. Issues that can help the user in their day-to-day life comfortably and simply by accessing the Google
Of course, there is an essential requirement to be able to take advantage of this deep search and collaboration between applications and GoogleAnd it is that the user must have a terminal Android, operating system for which this tool has been enabled, and have both the latest version of the applicationGoogle, where Google Now is hosted, as well as the applications from which you want to receive these informations. With all this, Google Now is in charge of searching for and displaying information comfortably, but it is necessary for the user to have said tools already in the terminal.
At the moment we have not been able to test this integration of the applications and Google Now, and we still have to wait for thenext version of the Google application (formerly known as Google Search), where this function is already effective. It has already been released for Android through Google Play, albeit in a phased manner as is so your arrival in Spain may still be delayed several days.Since the announcement of this feature a few months ago, Google has given the keys to developers to allow their assistant to search and index your information, so hopefully May more apps be added to this list soon.
