- Google recently announced more ways to fine-tune Google Assistant. These are the details.
In a company blog post, Google announced more ways to fine-tune Google Assistant. Since smart speakers and Smart Displays often sit on the kitchen counter or a living room table and is used by more than one member in a household, Google is making sure that each person can tweak their preferences for interacting with Google Assistant.
While setting up Google Assistant, you can also enable Voice Match and teach Google Assistant to recognize your voice for receiving personalized results such as calendar appointments and playlists.
And now setting up Voice Match will trigger Google Assistant in a way that will prompt you to say full phrases rather than just saying “Hey Google.” During Voice Match set up, the Assistant will ask you to say “Hey Google, play my workout playlist.” This will ensure that it can better identify who is engaging with the device with better accuracy. Up to six people can be linked to a single Google Assistant-powered device using Voice Match.
Google is also rolling out a new feature that allows you to adjust how sensitive smart speakers and Smart Displays are to the hotword “Hey Google.” This makes it easier to activate despite factors like how noisy the environment is. Plus you can make Google Assistant more sensitive if you want it to respond more often or less sensitive to reduce unintentional activations.
This feature will be rolled out in the coming weeks.
