The cause for concern was clear: Microsoft is now preventing
its integrated search assistant Cortana from collaborating with rivals.
Not exact matches
The available BMW Parking
Assistant uses ultrasonic sensors
integrated into the sides of the vehicle to help
search for suitable parking spots.
Android users have been using Google Now and Google Voice
Search for years, but Amazon has never
integrated a voice
assistant into their line of tablets.
BlackBerry has always had decent universal
search, but in BB10.3 it
integrates with BlackBerry
Assistant too, meaning you can quickly add a calendar event or reminder just by typing a few short commands — typing, «Cal,» for instance, brings up options for both calling people and adding calendar appointments.
Integrated into Android devices, Google Now's personal
assistant can provide proactive help based on where you are and learns from your
searches.
In Windows 10, that
search box was moved to the Taskbar and
integrated into Cortana (personal
assistant) and the Task View (virtual desktops) button was added to the Taskbar as well.
Chances are, this new travel
assistant will be
integrated with the recently launched Google Destinations, a new feature in the US version of the
search engine.
Given that Google
Search is more closely
integrating with the Google Express service, shopping will be a big focus of
Assistant devices moving forward.
On Wednesday Lens was
integrated into Samsung's new Bixby AI to power visual
search for the intelligent
assistant.
Microsoft Edge browser is shipped as the default browser for Windows 10 and comes tightly
integrated with Cortana — Microsoft's virtual personal
assistant service and Bing
search service.
While it wouldn't be
integrated as deeply as Apple's AI,
Assistant would shine a spotlight on the many things Siri can't do, like play games, show
search results for things it doesn't know, and speak conversationally.
One of those rivals is Google
Assistant, which as well as powering Google's Pixel smartphones is
integrated into Google's iOS
Search app.
Ford has announced it is teaming up with Amazon to
integrate Alexa virtual
assistant into its cars, allowing vehicle owners to access shop,
search, and control smart home features on the road.The partnership means owners of Ford cars equipped with the SYNC 3 AppLink system will be able to access Amazon's Alexa voice - activated virtual
assistant from the driver's seat, enabling them to check the weather, add items to shopping lists, play audiobooks, and control Alexa - compatible smart home devices, like lights and thermostats.
At the moment, Bixby Voice's advantages over its competitors are debatable: it seems to be more tightly -
integrated to phone hardware than Siri or
Assistant, but its ability to control other apps is limited, as is its applications for more general web
searches.
The
search giant has recently made Google
Assistant more widely available, as Google recently launched the Google
Assistant on phones powered by Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow or later as well as on Android Wear 2.0 devices which may further result in more smart device firms and service providers
integrating their products with the Google
Assistant.
This feature
integrates Google product
search through Google
Assistant directly into the purchase process.
Also, the Google
Assistant will be
integrated into apps and home screen, meaning Google
Assistant will be doing much more than opening Apps and providing
search results.
LG combines the simple and fast webOS smart TV platform with
integrated Google
Assistant and deep learning technology to create an «artificial intelligence» capability that uses voice commands to control TV functions,
search for content or control other connected IoT devices in the network.
LG's «Intelligent Voice Control with
Integrated Google
Assistant» will enable users to control numerous functions on the TV, as well as
search from information taken from the Electronic Program Guide (EPG).
Google Lens wasn't much more than a party trick when it first launched on the Pixel 2 as a part of Google Photos, but now that Google's visual
search service is
integrated right within the Google
Assistant, it's quickly become a truly functional tool for finding more information on objects around you in the real world.
The Pixel is deeply
integrated with Google's
search services, and it's the first hardware device to have Google
Assistant baked in.
Developers will have the ability to
integrate the
Assistant right within their apps, and the home screen
search bar may prompt a search with Assistant rather than the more traditional Google S
search bar may prompt a
search with Assistant rather than the more traditional Google S
search with
Assistant rather than the more traditional Google
SearchSearch.
Cortana, Microsoft's personal digital
assistant /
search technology, also will be
integrated into Spartan, Microsoft officials confirmed.
A product team at Google is working on a hardware device that would
integrate Google's
search and voice
assistant technology, akin to the Amazon Echo, Recode has learned.
On Android TV, Google
Assistant can perform a lot of its standard functions such as home control and Google
searches, but it can also
integrate with your various streaming applications.
The
search engine giant plans to take on Apple Watch directly, with not one, but two Android Wear smartwatches that will be deeply
integrated with Google
Assistant.
For instance, the Google
search bar on a device's home screen could also
integrate the Google
Assistant.
Ford is
integrating Amazon's Alexa digital
assistant into its vehicles, which will allow drivers to start their cars using their Amazon Echo, or do things like play audiobooks, order items on Amazon, and
search for destinations using Alexa while driving.
For example, the
searches «administrative
assistant + new technology,» or «technical writer + emerging technology,» both pull up interesting insight into how people in these fields are
integrating new technologies to streamline workflows and increase productivity.