Google I/O 2017: Assistant on iOS, Bluetooth Streaming on Google Home, and Easy Sharing With Photos

[MacRumors]

Google today kicked off its annual I/O developer conference in Mountain View, California, beginning with a keynote where the company announced Google Assistant for iPhone, new Google Home features including the ability to stream Apple Music via Bluetooth, and new photo sharing features in Google Photos.

Google Assistant on iOS

As it was rumored earlier this week, Google today announced that its AI helper Google Assistant is out now for iOS as its own standalone app [Direct Link]. This way, users will be able to chat with Google and gain access to all of its interactive features without needing a Pixel or Android smartphone.

The company also revealed that Google Assistant will be gaining new chatbot abilities and integration with a new technology called Google Lens, which enhances a smartphone's camera with AI learning. As an example, Google showed a demo where a user took a picture of a business's sign, and gave them reviews, menu items, friend check-ins, and more. Other examples include the camera's ability to identify what a user is looking at, such as the species of a flower, or connecting to a Wi-Fi network by taking a picture of a sticker on a router.


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[BlueCreek]

Apple seriously needs to pull its finger out with Siri

 

[I7guy]

Not interested at all, but that's me.

 

[Dilster3k]

Cool, more stuff that'll be obsolete & ditched in 1 - 2 years.

 

[meaning-matters]

Makes me think of "Where do you want to go today?" LOL

 

[TimUSCA]

I have no doubt Google Assistant is better than Siri. But how is this useful at all on iOS? Who is going to open an app just to use the assistant?

 

[dan9700]

Omg the keynote was the most boring crap ive ever seen was like hell

 

[monty77]

Yup, still (regardless of vendor) can so no use for a home assistant in my life. Am I old? Uncool? Both?

 

[shk718]

The google I/O keynote seemed to contain quite a few ios catch ups. google assistant without voice activation and necessary api's - useless.

 

[LordQ]

Omg the keynote was the most boring crap ive ever seen was like hell

The bit where you scan the WiFi router code and the phone automatically connects was okay.

 

[MacsRgr8]

Google and Microsoft are trying to use iOS to get all users into their eco-system: apps, cloud, assistants.

I wonder how this will pan out... one winner, or the choice of the 3 big-gun-eco-systems for more than a decade:
– Apple
– Google
– Microsoft
These 3 love-HATE eachother.

 

[tonyr6]

This keynote was boring and I thought that Apple events were boring. Nothing new just what we already knew already. Really nothing.

 

[garirry]

I genuinely don't see the point of Google Home. Is it too hard to use your phone or computer for that sort of thing?

 

[The Game 161]

great stuff

google assistant is the best al around

 

[macduke]

Too bad you can't use it natively on iOS as I'd like to try it out in day-to-day use. Hopefully Siri gets that big rumored update at WWDC soon.

 

[monty77]

Google and Microsoft are trying to use iOS to get all users into their eco-system: apps, cloud, assistants.

I wonder how this will pan out... one winner, or the choice of the 3 big-gun-eco-systems for more than a decade:
– Apple
– Google
– Microsoft
These 3 love-HATE eachother.

Apple need to drag their web based services into 2017, and make them robust, and play nicely with other ecosystems.
Google need to stick at something for more than 5 mins, and support what they do have properly for 'normal' users

..MS look the best for me right now, have migrated my cloud services to O365 and been impressed so far but as usual YMMV.

 

[Radon87000]

Oh yeah!. Time to download this. Google assistant destroys Siri when it comes to contextual queries

 

[44267547]

I genuinely don't see the point of Google Home. Is it too hard to use your phone or computer for that sort of thing?

It has its advantages for home automation with controlling lights. I think the geriatric demographic would appreciate some of the hands free options for mobility. I wouldn't say it's a necessity, but it's a growing trend. I don't think the advantages are completely Compelling, but the Convenience factors are there.

 

[NT1440]

So....usually there's some pretty exciting stuff out of I/O. This had great refinements of certain features, but I didn't see/hear about anything actually worth talking about.

Just me?

 

[agsystems]

Omg the keynote was the most boring crap ive ever seen was like hell

really and what's with this 15-25 minute interlude with bubbles crap - imaging something like that in an Apple keynote - people will go ape s**t.

 

[dominiongamma]

Where are the people that will say why is this on front page of macrumors?

 

[falainber]

Omg the keynote was the most boring crap ive ever seen was like hell

Have you seen Apple keynotes lately?

 

[ogremoustro]

Have you seen Apple keynotes lately?

For anyone that wants to try it out: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-google-assistant-get-help-anytime-anywhere/id1220976145?mt=8

 

[falainber]

So....usually there's some pretty exciting stuff out of I/O. This had great refinements of certain features, but I didn't see/hear about anything actually worth talking about.

Just me?

Google Lens and standalone VR.

 

[NT1440]

Have you seen Apple keynotes lately?

Airpods, MBP, SSO for Apple TV, Universal clipboard, etc.

We've seen them, there were actually exciting products and features in them. Where were you?