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Google to introduce Look and Talk with facial recognition, so you don’t need to shout ‘Hey, Google’ like a mad person
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‘Hey,Google’. Hold up! I may never actually need utter those two words ever again – which makes me oh so happy. Because Google has, finally, realised that we don’t all want to shout the big Goog word out into the open to summon its search charms.
That’s right: atGoogle I/O 2022, Google announced that a new feature, called Look and Talk, would be coming in the near future, removing the need for a wake word or phrase of any kind. Hurrah.
No wake word, just natural conversation from the getgo. Oh yes. The ‘Hey, Google’ wake word has been one of the bugbears I’ve had with Google Assistant from the off – so I, for one, will be more than happy to see the theoretical end of it.
(Image credit: Google)
(Image credit: Google)
‘Hey, Google’ – is there no other way?
That’s because Google is also set to invest big in voice, advancing the ways in which Google Assistant can understand. A better comprehension of the glut ofummsandarrsthat sneak into everyday speech, for example, will mean more fluid conversations.
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So maybe, just maybe, we’ll quickly arrive at that sci-fi-esque future of talking to our smart devices more naturally in the future. But that then does beg the question: why did the wake word always have to be ‘Hey, Google’ in the first place? Either way, I think it’s on the out, and good riddance (said from my happy place).
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