Google assistant has become more and more important in our lives. We use it almost unwittingly to set an alarm, to know it’s going to rain, or to call someone when it’s full.

Although it has improved over time, the Google assistant still needs us to search for it With the ‘Ok Google’ voice command, which is sometimes not optimal. To solve this, the technology giant wants to incorporate a function that has been developing for a while.

‘Look and Talk’ just wants you to watch

A few years ago, Google started a project aimed at: improve the quality of life of people with disabilitiesand it did that by creating an app that you can interact with. using just the look.

In this way, after a long test and trial period, the company ready to apply the same principle For products that include the Google assistant, simply look at that device to activate it.

During Google I/O 2022, the company demonstrated what this technology can do with ‘Look and Talk’. Device you want to interact with analyze data from camera, microphone or text, and can only detectthrough your proximity, your gaze, or the context of the situation if you have to be careful respond to his words and accordingly.

The process is somewhat complicated: not only the physical details are analyzed, but also aspects of speech such as the following. Voice tone or the truth we’re in the room with someone elsein this case the wizard will choose not to activate.

Currently, this function only available in English and Nest Hub Max, a special product of the company not yet marketed in Spain. Of course, we hope that they will include this ingenious function on more devices and Spanish as time goes on.