Google Assistant

Google Assistant is both the name of a consumer-facing assistant baked into consumer products as well as a platform designed to allow the Google search engine to interact with users in a conversational manner.

Google Assistant was announced in May 2016. It first appeared integrated into Google’s communication app Allo in September 2016. In October 2016, it was made part of the Google Pixel phone. In November 2016, it was put into the Google Home device. In February 2017, it came to Android Wear watches. In March 2017, it was widely released for Android phones running Android 6 and 7.

Google plans to add Google Assistant into more products and applications, but it hasn’t said what those will be.

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SearchCap: Bing Ads language targeting, Google Assistant redesign & dynamic rendering support

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google redesigns the Assistant for touch and digital transactionsOct 3, 2018 by Greg Sterling The new capabilities help developers and further Google’s cross-platform Assistant strategy. Here’s how to copy old AdWords […]

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Here’s an exclusive insider look at SMX East

Search Engine Land’s SMX® East returns October 24-25. We’re bringing a revamped, updated agenda and more than 50 world-class speakers to NYC, and we can’t wait to see you there. If you’re involved in SEO, SEM, marketing, content, social media or any other customer-facing activity, you owe it to yourself (and your company or client’s […]

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SearchCap: Google Maps, ads, AMP & search updates

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google asking dissatisfied searchers to submit questions manually in the search resultsMay 9, 2018 by Barry Schwartz If Google doesn’t have content for your query, it may ask you to help […]

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SearchCap: Google I/O, Google Posts with videos and image search guidelines updated

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Image Search updates guidelines, adding structured data, speed and moreMay 8, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Google has finally refreshed content for its image search publishing guidelines. Ask the SMXpert: Keyword […]

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