According to the recent interview at science technology seminar held in California, Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed something which will prove to be a big competition to Apple.
Goggle is sharing the feature of Goggle Assistant with Android partners in a hope that it can boost the sales and can easily beat Apple’s iphone.
Google started working on its intelligent assistant and tried to make this more convenient for all Android users. Google will be showcasing this service with a close partnership with LG Electronics at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Until now, Google’s Pixel smartphone, introduced in October, has been the only handset with the company’s automated assistant. According to Gummi Hafsteinsson, the product lead for the assistant, said exclusivity was required to refine the system, a key priority at the company. He said “It was a new product and we wanted to make sure we took the baby steps required to make this happen,”.
As per Investment bank Evercore ISI estimates that Google shipped 552,000 Pixel phones in the fourth quarter last year in addition to the 500,000 Google Home speakers, another device that already runs there assistant service, making the current accessibility to Google Assistant slim compared with competitors like Amazon.com’s Alexa’s and Apple’s Siri.
He also added “By adding the assistant to Android devices, which researcher IDC estimates make up 85% of all global smartphones, Google is moving faster to its goal of expanding the use of the feature.”
This virtual assistant will reach about one-third of Android phones, including the new devices rolled out yesterday by LG and others, that use Google’s latest software, according to the company. Mr Hafsteinsson added “We obviously would want to provide it to every device in the world.”
