Google Pixel 10 sequence is predicted to debut later this yr and the corporate’s subsequent flagship smartphones will debut with a brand new contextual AI assistant known as Pixel Sense, in keeping with a report. Previous stories recommended that the corporate was engaged on a brand new assistant that makes use of on-device processing and works with different Google functions to offer extra related info to customers. Google can also be anticipated to equip the Pixel 10 sequence with a brand new Tensor G5 chip produced by TSMC.
Google’s Pixel Sense Assistant to Use On-Device Processing
Citing a supply at Google, Android Authority stories that the corporate is making ready to launch a brand new digital assistant known as Pixel Sense. This contextual assistant is designed to make use of info from different Google apps on a Pixel smartphone, to supply a personalised expertise to customers. It is at the moment unclear whether or not the characteristic can be restricted to the purported Pixel 10 sequence.
According to the report, Pixel Sense will use knowledge from the next apps: Google Calendar, Chrome, Files, Gmail, Google Docs, Google Keep, Google Maps, Google Messages, Google Photos, Google Wallet, Phone, Recorder, YouTube and YouTube Music. It can even use info from one other at the moment unknown app known as Aurelius, which may be a codename for an unreleased app.
While the brand new contextual assistant would not seem to work with any third celebration apps in the intervening time, the publication states that will probably be in a position to make use of information (and any associated metadata) on a consumer’s Pixel 10 handset, together with screenshots, photos, and textual content.
Pixel Sense will work utterly on-device, and the corporate is not going to have entry to consumer knowledge, in keeping with the report. It will have the ability to course of all the information it may possibly entry from varied Google apps and a consumer’s information to offer contextual solutions for “places, products, and names”.
It can also be stated to be able to studying from a consumer’s altering pursuits and will carry out sure actions (this is perhaps a reference to automating some duties or routines) extra rapidly — however there is not any readability on what kinds of duties can be supported.
Google was beforehand anticipated to launch the identical contextual assistant — beforehand known as ‘Pixie’ — with final yr’s Pixel 9 sequence. However, it seems that the corporate could possibly be ready for its in-house Tensor G5 chips that can reportedly be fabricated by TSMC (as an alternative of Samsung) to introduce the contextual assistant. It’s additionally unclear whether or not Google will finally deliver Pixel Sense to its older smartphones.
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