6 ms·

Google Assistant will use more than one device to decipher the voice commands

2eggsofcock 9y ago
I think siri already has this feature. I am not sure but Siri can differentiate the devices without telling about a device.
- scientific_ass 9y ago
  Can you give me example. I never noticed this but then again, I haven't used Siri as much.
  - blowski 9y ago
    If I have my iPad and iPhone in front of me, both with "Hey Siri" activation turned on, both will register that I asked. But only one of them will respond 'verbally'. I'm not sure if that's what the OP meant, though.
    - deleted 9y ago
      [deleted]
    - scientific_ass 9y ago
      Oh yes, that could be a case. Pretty impressive though.
    - Eridrus 9y ago
      This already exists for Google Assistant devices, but is not what the article is talking about. The article implies that it will fuse voice data from multiple devices which both only heard part of the query into a single query, which is a lot easier to write down in a patent than to actually make work.
moofight 9y ago
tl;dr - this is not a Google announcement but a Google patent. Not sure if this will be implemented - the idea would be to use two devices at same time to improve Google Assistant's understanding of voice commands (reduce transcription mistakes, "hear" the difference between "of" and "off" etc...)
- scientific_ass 9y ago
  Still quite interesting if it becomes a reality. Let's see what other thinks.
Ajedi32 9y ago
Title is misleading. This isn't a new feature of Google Assistant; just a patent. The actual article title is a bit better, but still implies this is a feature we'll be seeing in the near future, which isn't necessarily the case.
- nitin_flanker 9y ago
  This has happened previously as well that Google implemented a feature much before filing a patent for it. Google is not a company that waste their money on filing patents that they'll never implement. I thought mentioning that it is a patent will have little or no effect on whether this feature comes to reality or not. Edit: Original article title: "Google Assistant will use more than one device to decipher the exact voice commands"
  - pbhjpbhj 9y ago
    >This has happened previously as well that Google implemented a feature much before filing a patent for it. // If the feature were "published" it would serve as prior art and invalidate the patent.
  - Ajedi32 9y ago
    > Edit: Original article title: "Google Assistant will use more than one device to decipher the exact voice commands" FYI, that's _still_ the article title; it hasn't changed. The HN post title is currently "Google Assistant now can use two devices at same time for a voice command", which is even more misleading to the point of being just flat-out wrong.
- FuturisticLover 9y ago
  The patent tells about the new feature of Google assistant. And most of the time Google implement the technologies.
goatherders 9y ago
I wish there was simply a wall plug I could put in another room that connected to the main Home unit. So if I'm in a different room yada yada...
- trimbo 9y ago
  nVidia announced one of those. http://www.pocket-lint.com/review/139949-nvidia-spot-preview-the-google-assistant-mic-and-speaker http://www.pocket-lint.com/review/139949-nvidia-spot-preview... (But works with Shield, not Home, it seems?)
  - xbmcuser 9y ago
    But it was never released with no news about when it is coming out.
watbe 9y ago
Can we update the title to the article's actual title? It is currently quite misleading. "Google Assistant will use more than one device to decipher the exact voice commands"
- FuturisticLover 9y ago
  Sorry guys, I am unable to change that title.
- sctb 9y ago
  Thanks, we've updated the title from “Google Assistant now can use two devices at same time for a voice command”.

I think siri already has this feature. I am not sure but Siri can differentiate the devices without telling about a device.

scientific_ass 9y ago
Can you give me example. I never noticed this but then again, I haven't used Siri as much.
- blowski 9y ago
  If I have my iPad and iPhone in front of me, both with "Hey Siri" activation turned on, both will register that I asked. But only one of them will respond 'verbally'. I'm not sure if that's what the OP meant, though.
  - deleted 9y ago
    [deleted]
  - scientific_ass 9y ago
    Oh yes, that could be a case. Pretty impressive though.
  - Eridrus 9y ago
    This already exists for Google Assistant devices, but is not what the article is talking about. The article implies that it will fuse voice data from multiple devices which both only heard part of the query into a single query, which is a lot easier to write down in a patent than to actually make work.

moofight 9y ago

tl;dr - this is not a Google announcement but a Google patent. Not sure if this will be implemented - the idea would be to use two devices at same time to improve Google Assistant's understanding of voice commands (reduce transcription mistakes, "hear" the difference between "of" and "off" etc...)

scientific_ass 9y ago
Still quite interesting if it becomes a reality. Let's see what other thinks.

Ajedi32 9y ago

Title is misleading. This isn't a new feature of Google Assistant; just a patent. The actual article title is a bit better, but still implies this is a feature we'll be seeing in the near future, which isn't necessarily the case.

nitin_flanker 9y ago
This has happened previously as well that Google implemented a feature much before filing a patent for it. Google is not a company that waste their money on filing patents that they'll never implement. I thought mentioning that it is a patent will have little or no effect on whether this feature comes to reality or not. Edit: Original article title: "Google Assistant will use more than one device to decipher the exact voice commands"
- pbhjpbhj 9y ago
  >This has happened previously as well that Google implemented a feature much before filing a patent for it. // If the feature were "published" it would serve as prior art and invalidate the patent.
- Ajedi32 9y ago
  > Edit: Original article title: "Google Assistant will use more than one device to decipher the exact voice commands" FYI, that's _still_ the article title; it hasn't changed. The HN post title is currently "Google Assistant now can use two devices at same time for a voice command", which is even more misleading to the point of being just flat-out wrong.
FuturisticLover 9y ago
The patent tells about the new feature of Google assistant. And most of the time Google implement the technologies.

goatherders 9y ago

I wish there was simply a wall plug I could put in another room that connected to the main Home unit. So if I'm in a different room yada yada...

trimbo 9y ago
nVidia announced one of those. http://www.pocket-lint.com/review/139949-nvidia-spot-preview-the-google-assistant-mic-and-speaker http://www.pocket-lint.com/review/139949-nvidia-spot-preview... (But works with Shield, not Home, it seems?)
- xbmcuser 9y ago
  But it was never released with no news about when it is coming out.

watbe 9y ago

Can we update the title to the article's actual title? It is currently quite misleading. "Google Assistant will use more than one device to decipher the exact voice commands"

FuturisticLover 9y ago
Sorry guys, I am unable to change that title.
sctb 9y ago
Thanks, we've updated the title from “Google Assistant now can use two devices at same time for a voice command”.