Google Duplex, Continued Conversations and Other Features Coming Soon to Google Assistant

Google made multiple major announcements related to future of the Google Assistant on day one of the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California. The upcoming features will include new voices, the ability to continue conversations, a feature to teach good manners to kids and Assistant making calls on behalf of the user. “Our vision for the perfect assistant is that it’s naturally conversational, it’s there when you need it so that you can get things done in the real world,” CEO Sundar Pichai said talking about upcoming features to Assistant. Here’s everything that’s coming to Google Assistant this year.

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New Voices
Google Assistant is getting a more natural sounding voice, complete with pitch, pace and pauses. In fact, Assistant will get six new voices including male and female, and one based off singer John Legend’s voice. “Our goal is, one day, to get the accents, languages, and dialects right globally,” said Pichai.

Continued Conversations
One of the top features to hit the Assistant will be continued conversations. This means users can now keep a conversation going with Assistant without repeating, “Hey Google,” to every follow-up query. This feature will roll out in “coming weeks”.

Pretty Please
Google is adding new “pretty please” feature that teaches kids to be kind and use polite words. The Assistant will respond with positive reinforcement saying “thank you” to kids for saying please and will call out when the kids have ask for something nicely. This might help them learn to not demand things from their Assistant.