Onstage at I/O 2018, Google showed off a jaw-dropping new capability of Google Assistant: in the not too distant future, it’s going to make phone calls on your behalf. CEO Sundar Pichai played back a phone call recording that he said was placed by the Assistant to a hair salon.
The voice sounded incredibly natural; the person on the other end had no idea they were talking to a...
Google just gave a stunning demo of Assistant making an actual phone call
Onstage at I/O 2018, Google showed off a jaw-dropping new capability of Google Assistant: in the not too distant future, it’s going to make phone calls on your behalf. CEO Sundar Pichai played back a phone call recording that he said was placed by the Assistant to a hair salon.
The voice sounded incredibly natural; the person on the other end had no idea they were talking to a...


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