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Changes we're making to Google Assistant

Changes we’re making to Google Assistant

https://blog.google/products/assistant/google-assistant-update-january-2024/

Google Assistant will no longer support a number of underutilized features to focus on improving quality and reliability.

Changes we’re making to Google Assistant

There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.

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stepintomydojo

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I would define the core capability as "takes audio, extracts meaning, matches to intent, executes intent". Everything else is an implementation of a specific intent/action. Some of them are likely fragile and depend on integration APIs that may be changing or going away.

Ultimately, yes, it is corporate-speak to sugarcoat what looks like a net negative for users at the current time with nebulous claims of a better future.