The differences you’ll see between Now and Assistant, the new Google – AméricaEconomía.com

Google Assistant, which was launched a few days ago, goes a step beyond being a voice command; to converse with the user and learn from him, places it as a new advancement of artificial intelligence.

– Chrome The Observer. If there is an area of study that will be the protagonist in 2017 is the artificial intelligence. And the way to make evident the efforts and progress of this technology to ordinary users is through the virtual assistants that now takes much of the attention in the launch of technology companies. In its time it was Siri, the robotic voice feminine that dwells in all of the iPhone. Then there was Cortana, who went from being a video game character to a wizard on the Windows Phone devices, that could sing and do jokes on demand. Alexa is the wizard of Amazon, and usually can be found in the driver intelligent Echo. And Google doesn’t wanted to stay behind.

If you are well on devices with Android Google Now, which already was an option, it could not be considered artificial intelligence, but a dictation or voice commands. The user asks for certain information and was given by the wizard. Google Assistant, in contrast, launched a few days ago, goes a step further: unlike all the above mentioned wizards, you can chat with the user and learn from him. Here are the differences between the two brothers.

GOOGLE NOW

Made for answering
Google Now can hear and understand the language natual of people and give responses to the requests, as long as it is in the list of commands preset.

secretary
Among the tasks that can be done is the programming of alarms, search for restaurants near the user or the calculation of travel time, using voice command, even without even touching the phone, say “OK Google”.

all
unlike Siri on iOS, Google Now is not specific to the Android platform. In its place, Google distributed Google Now in the apps of the company, which are accessible from other operating systems.

basic
Google Now could be considered a slacker at the side of its competitors, as it is with what the user tells you at the moment, but learn from it.

GOOGLE ASSISTANT

Made for chat
While his younger brother can only hear and give practical responses to user requests, Google Assistant, you can initiate a conversation, thanks to his knowledge and understanding of natural language.

A wizard
Among the tasks that the Google Assistant can do all that you can do with Google Now, and many more, but with an interface more enjoyable. For example: “show me the pictures of my last trip to the States.”

Ubiquitous (Google)
it Works in the messaging app Allo, in the device of the home automation system Google Home and on the phone the Google Pixel. Moreover, it is expected that works by default on all devices that run the latest version of Android.

A friend
Google Assistant not only responds to the user with full sentences, but also learns from him, from his favorite color to his tastes of food.