Google Calls on Search Smarts to Catch Amazon’s Voice Assistant
What does it mean to be a washing machine? Google helps software creators answer.
Google gave away thousands of Home devices to developers at its 2017 I/O conference.
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Here is Google's vision for the future of computing: As you drive home from work, you tell your car, "Ok, Google," triggering the company's Assistant. You order food, the digital helper handles the transaction and makes sure it's ready when you arrive.
Right now, Amazon.com Inc. and its Alexa digital assistant are closer to realizing that goal, having cut a deal this year with Ford Motor Co. to let drivers search, shop and control other devices by voice from their vehicles.