Google, as expected, announced some new features in its most used products – Google Photos, Gmail, News and more at the Google IO 2018 conference. These products now have deeper integration of AI. You can now compose emails quicker and edit images with ‘one-tap’ actions in Photos.
Gmail In Gmail, Google has introduced a new feature called ‘Smart Compose’ wherein the AI will draft emails for the user. This includes everything from greeting to your closing and even suggesting complete sentences in your emails. “Because it operates in the background, you can write an email like you normally would, and Smart Compose will offer suggestions as you type. When you see a suggestion that you like, click the “tab” button to use it,” says the blog post. This new feature will be rolling out to all the users in the next few weeks. It will also be made available for G Suite customers in the workplace in the coming months.
Google Photos In Google Photos, the search giant has introduced ‘One-Tap actions’ where users can easily edit images by brightening, sharing, rotating and arching them. “These suggested actions are powered by machine learning, which means you only see them on relevant photos. You can easily tap the suggestions to complete the action,” adds the blog post. The new photo creation tool plays with pops of color. It uses AI to detect the images’ subject and leave them in colour with the background in black and white. “You'll see these AI-powered creations in the Assistant tab of Google Photos,” says Google. The company has even introduced Google Photos partner program that gives developers the tools to support Google Photos in their apps.
Google Assistant Google Assistant also gets a bunch of updates that make it more naturally conversational, visually assistive and more helpful in general. One of the key announcements was that the Assistant now supports six different voices, which is possible using Google’s WaveNet technology from DeepMind. Furthermore, the new ‘Continued Conversation’ feature lets you talk to Google Assistant without giving ‘Hey Google’ voice commands over and again. It can carry out multiple actions as well. The search giant also introduced ‘Smart Displays’ that lets you quickly glance at responses provided by the Google Assistant. It will give users a quick snapshot of how their day looks like along with helpful suggestions based on the time of the day, users’ location and other parameters. Assistant is also coming to Google Maps navigation with a low visual profile to give you more information while you keep your hands on the steering wheel.
Google News Google has updated its News app with deeper AI integration. The ‘new’ app uses a different set of AI techniques “to take a constant flow of information as it hits the web, analyze it in real time and organize it into storylines,” says Trystan Upstill, Google News Engineer and product lead. The app now comes with a ‘For You’ section wherein users can stay updated with all the topics of their interest. “We start with a briefing of five stories that Google News has organized for you—a mix of the most important headlines, local news and the latest developments on the topics you’re interested in,” adds Upstill. The ‘Full Coverage’ feature shows a news story from different sources. This will let you see top headlines from different sources, videos, local news reports, FAQs, social commentary, and a timeline for stories. Furthermore, the Newsstand tab lets you easily search for a source and follow the news coming from that source. The updated app starts rolling today.
Google Photos In Google Photos, the search giant has introduced ‘One-Tap actions’ where users can easily edit images by brightening, sharing, rotating and arching them. “These suggested actions are powered by machine learning, which means you only see them on relevant photos. You can easily tap the suggestions to complete the action,” adds the blog post. The new photo creation tool plays with pops of color. It uses AI to detect the images’ subject and leave them in colour with the background in black and white. “You'll see these AI-powered creations in the Assistant tab of Google Photos,” says Google. The company has even introduced Google Photos partner program that gives developers the tools to support Google Photos in their apps.
Google Assistant Google Assistant also gets a bunch of updates that make it more naturally conversational, visually assistive and more helpful in general. One of the key announcements was that the Assistant now supports six different voices, which is possible using Google’s WaveNet technology from DeepMind. Furthermore, the new ‘Continued Conversation’ feature lets you talk to Google Assistant without giving ‘Hey Google’ voice commands over and again. It can carry out multiple actions as well. The search giant also introduced ‘Smart Displays’ that lets you quickly glance at responses provided by the Google Assistant. It will give users a quick snapshot of how their day looks like along with helpful suggestions based on the time of the day, users’ location and other parameters. Assistant is also coming to Google Maps navigation with a low visual profile to give you more information while you keep your hands on the steering wheel.
Google News Google has updated its News app with deeper AI integration. The ‘new’ app uses a different set of AI techniques “to take a constant flow of information as it hits the web, analyze it in real time and organize it into storylines,” says Trystan Upstill, Google News Engineer and product lead. The app now comes with a ‘For You’ section wherein users can stay updated with all the topics of their interest. “We start with a briefing of five stories that Google News has organized for you—a mix of the most important headlines, local news and the latest developments on the topics you’re interested in,” adds Upstill. The ‘Full Coverage’ feature shows a news story from different sources. This will let you see top headlines from different sources, videos, local news reports, FAQs, social commentary, and a timeline for stories. Furthermore, the Newsstand tab lets you easily search for a source and follow the news coming from that source. The updated app starts rolling today.
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