Study argues Google Home 6X ‘more effective’ than Alexa, but will consumers care?

Amazon’s assets, including distribution, brand loyalty, aggressive pricing and a more diverse product mix could trump Google Home’s better performance.

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Google’s new tappable shortcuts eliminate the need to search on mobile

Rolling out today on Google’s search app and mobile site, the shortcuts offer quick answers on weather, sports & entertainment info.

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Google adds emoji & GIF suggestions, translations & more to GBoard for Android

The latest updates give Android users access to emoji and GIF suggestions as they type and the ability to share GIFs in supported apps.

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Google Maps updates Android app with real-time traffic info, nearby places & bus schedules

Starting today, swiping up from the bottom of the Google Maps app home screen on Android displays a Places tab, Driving tab and Transit tab.

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Google App for Android gets a refresh with new shortcuts to frequently used features

Shortcuts to widgets for Weather, Nearby Restaurants, My Events and more appear at top of Google Now home screen.

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Google App now organizes cards into 2 categories: interests & upcoming events

The latest round of Google App updates also include a card that lets users choose specific topics of interests to personalize app content.

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Google Assistant is only an incremental advance over current voice search

High expectations made me want it to do more and be more naturally conversational. That will come.

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Google seeks to humanize its brand with new “Google Assistant” female persona

She seeks to be a ‘companion’ that is ‘always there but never in the way.’

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Google Now testing “Explore Interests” feature to make personal assistant app more personalized

TechCrunch reports the new feature aims to give Google Now users more control over the information Google tracks on their behalf.

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