![]() Android Nougat will forever be known as the first “true” integration of the Google Assistant into the mobile OS, but now it’s more in tune with how we use our devices daily.Īnnounced on stage at the very first Made by Google launch event alongside the first iteration of the Google Home, a key component was the ability to activate the Google Assistant using the now ubiquitous “Okay, Google” hot word. Pressing and holding the “Home” button remains the best activation method in my own opinion and is only shadowed by the “Squeeze to Activate” method - I’d love to see the latter return on a main gesture-based navigation system. The main activation method has changed slightly from the Android Nougat days, but the experience remains relatively similar - albeit with some powerful new tricks and options that have cropped up and become enveloped. Not bad from an extra that first appeared within the ill-fated Allo chat app. When the Pixel and Pixel XL first launched, they were the first to come with the Google Assistant built-in and truly “integrated.” It’s impossible to debate how the entire experience has morphed into a more cohesive experience since 2016, but we’re seeing the fruits of that early labor from Google. ![]() ![]() Subscribe to 9to5Google on YouTube for more videos The fusion of the Google Assistant ![]()
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