Nick Fernandes / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Google appears to be building a new AI-powered voice search mode for Android apps.
- AI search requires follow-up questions to refine your query.
- At the moment, there is a lot of work to be done as major features have not yet been implemented.
One of the many ways AI systems continue to improve is how well they handle evolving contexts. After all, we don’t always enter these conversations with fully formed tasks ready to present. A characteristic of many of these evolving systems is their ability to keep refining their tasks as they get more information from us. Now, it looks like Google is developing new features along these lines for searches performed in Android apps.
Ann APK disassembly It helps predict features that may be added to the service in the future based on the code in progress. However, such predicted features may not be publicly released.
As we regularly research changes in Google’s latest Android app updates, we’ve come across some interesting strings. It feels like the new 15.43.36.28 beta build of Google apps is starting to integrate new features. :
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Ask a follow up…
Listening…
Microphone This still looks like a work in progress, but the app can start showing an animated Assistant-style “listening” indicator in the search bar when you try to access a part that’s already in place. I did. It doesn’t seem like it’s actually connected to allow microphone access yet, but the clear impression you get here is that Google is developing AI-powered voice search that will allow users to follow and make queries. This is to encourage you to narrow it down. – Increase your questions to provide the most informative results.
This is a high-level demonstration of how this workflow works, taking full advantage of the limited implementation available at this point in development. You’ll also find a number of new UI resources within the app package, whose names likely reflect Google’s intent to use them with this feature as well.
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When it’s finally ready for prime time, the tool will likely be accessible directly from the Google app and through the Google Search widget on your home screen. At least, that’s the feeling you get from what’s working at the moment, but that could easily change as Google develops it further.
Either way, you may not fully understand the features and limitations involved until you’re a little further down the road. For now, we will keep an eye on future updates and see if we see further momentum in this direction.
