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Google Home packed with new features, including hands-free calling

2017-05-17
we can unlock the full potential of Google home to offer a truly personal experience today I'm excited to announce hands-free calling coming to Google home for example let's say I forgot to call my mom on Mother's Day well now I can call her while I'm scrambling to get the kids ready for school in the morning I just need to say hey Google call mom sure calling mom so you're finally calling Mother's Day last three days ago yeah sorry about that they maybe rehearse for i/o on Mother's Day and since the assistant recognized my voice we called my mom if my wife had asked we would have called her mom we can personalize calling just like everything else but you also have the option to link your mobile number to the Google assistant and we'll use that number whenever we recognize your voice so whoever you call what's notes coming from you now we're rolling out hands-free calling the us to all existing Google home devices over the next few months today we're announcing that Spotify in addition to their subscription service will be adding their free music service to Google home so it's even easier to play your Spotify playlist we'll also be adding support for SoundCloud and deezer to the largest global music services today and these music services will join many of the others already available through the assistance and finally we'll be adding bluetooth support to all existing Google home devices so you can play any audio from your iOS or Android device and today we're announcing additional partners including HBO now so just say what you want to watch and we'll play it for you all on a hands-free way so today we're announcing that we'll be updating chromecast to show visual responses on your TV when you ask for help for Google home for example I can now say ok Google show my calendar for Saturday showing it on your TV it'll show up right on the TV screen I'll mmediately get results from the assistant and since the assistant detected my voice we're showing my calendar others will see their calendar by using door there voice we can personalize the experience even on the TV you can continue to follow up the conversation looks like I have a biking trip to Santa Cruz what's the weather in Santa Cruz this weekend this weekend in Santa Cruz it will be clear and sunny most of the time so it's really easy it's all hands-free your assistant could provide a visual response to a TV to a lot of different types of questions you know we talked about easy it is to play what you want to watch on the TV screen but what about those times you don't know what to watch well sue you could just ask hey Google what's on YouTube here you go and show me my personalized results right on the TV screen if I don't like any of the options I can continue the conversation with my voice show my watch later list alright play send my love playing send my love from YouTube it's really simple again no remotes or phone required in a short conversation I found something really interesting to watch using go home I can even do with other things okay Google what's on my DVR here you go here we're showing how it works at YouTube TV a new live TV streaming service that gives you live sports and shows from popular TV networks and YouTube TV includes a cloud DVR so I can easily play my saved episodes play Modern Family okay playing Modern Family from YouTube TV you guys have a too easy nowadays you can just lay around even snack saying okay google dim the kitchen lights sure thing go ahead dad
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