New developer tools boost Google Assistant’s capabilities
Google has launched new tools for developers which are designed to boost Assistant’s capabilities when responding to user requests. The virtual assistant is regularly found to handle general queries better than its closest competitors, but too often you can think it would just be quicker to do a task yourself. We’re still far off from the sci-fi visions of AI assistants like HAL and JARVIS. Google Assistant, and its rivals, have made large strides in improving areas such as natural language recognition and the ability to somewhat hold a conversation – especially to ask for clarifications – but some work is going to have to come from third-party developers. Three major new features are being launched by Google for developers: Web-based console Updated APIs Home Storage Continuous Match Smart display AMP The web-based console provides an Actions builder to simplify development for Assistant. Developers can use the online IDE to build, test, and deploy all from the sa...