Post #270

Google Assistant is about to get a lot smarter Google engineer gave a peek at some of the assistant’s improved natural language understanding and computer vision this week at Google Developer Days. He called this demo a “mixture of things which are live and launched,” and said each new feature would become available “within the next few months or the next year.” Features mentioned include a lot of interesting stuff: 1. Google Lens computer vision Google Lens can identify objects, text, and buildings just by pointing your camera at something. With Lens, Google Assistant gets the ability to see, then talk to you about what it identifies with your camera. 2. On-the-spot translation To showcase this feature, Behzadi told Google Assistant “Be my Vietnamese translator” and the assistant performed real-time translation, both with text on the phone and through the Assistant’s voice. 3. Better contextual understanding So you will be able to say “Where is the Empire State building?” Then “I want to see pictures” or “Who built it?,” and you’ll get Empire State building results. Say “What are the Italian restaurants around there?” and Google Assistant will serve up listings near the Empire State building. 4. Personalization You can already tell Google Assistant to remember the name of your favorite sports team. In the future you will be able to ask “How is my team doing?,” and in updates to come, you will be able to teach Google Assistant more about your preferences. Read the article below to learn about the full list of features: https://venturebeat.com/2017/09/08/watch-google-show-off-a-bunch-of-new-assistant-features-coming-soon/