Google Android discussion - Page 84

On October 10 2018 07:55 Excalibur_Z wrote:
Ordered the Pixel3 XL. Not excited about the notch, but we'll see how annoying it really is in person. The rest of the featureset looks cool. Interesting fine print about the Pixel/Pixel2 Google Photos support: apparently the "unlimited storage in original format" for pictures ends in 2020, whereas Pixel3 owners get that support extended through 2022. After the expiration date, your photos are automatically downgraded to "high-quality", whatever that means.

After 2020, there is no change to the photos you took before 2020 and you will always have access to those in original quality.

Google has announced that Duplex — the incredible AI system that allows Google Assistant to make real world calls on users’ behalf for things like restaurant reservations — will be available starting next month on a city-by-city basis for Google Pixel users, with Wired reporting that the service is planned to hit New York, Atlanta, Phoenix, and San Francisco by the end of this year.

First announced at Google I/O earlier this year, Duplex uses an incredibly, almost uncannily natural-sounding human voice, complete with with “umms” and “ahhs,” to intelligently handle real-world tasks for you that Google Assistant otherwise couldn’t manage through the internet.

Back at I/O, Google said that it was working on testing Duplex over the summer in three specific areas: calls about holiday hours, restaurant reservations, and hair cut appointments, but according to Wired’s report, Duplex will only call restaurants that don’t already take online reservations to start. Additionally, Wired notes that Google now has a policy that Duplex will always reveal that it’s not actually a real person when calling, which should help assuage concerns over the bot’s potentially deceptive nature.

But there’s still a lot we don’t know about Duplex’s rollout, including which devices (will Google be enabling it for just the Pixel 3, or all Pixels?) or when it’s rolling out, but Google did promise that more details would be forthcoming, so hopefully it won’t be long before we know more.

On October 10 2018 23:25 aseq wrote:
Why does anyone want a glass back on a smartphone? I can't think of any reason. It's heavy, slippery and can break?

On October 12 2018 02:50 Firebolt145 wrote:
Yeah but there were years of people reviewing plastic as 'cheap feeling' and we tend to reap what we sow.