Google Home Adds Support for More Services

Google Home has received its largest update yet with more than 30 new actions.

The competition between Amazon’s and Google’s personal home assistant mainly consists in the number of actions and skills each device supports. Besides their design, the number of actions and services each device supports are the main difference between them. As such, both companies are gradually adding more actions to appeal to more customers.

Amazon’s Alexa assistant found in Echo or Dot devices recently received an update with a large number of skills. However, Google Home is not going to be left behind as the company just announced that they have added over 30 news actions for different services and companies. Google Home actions are similar in function to Alexa’s skills, it gives a user control and ways to interact with the assistant.

The newest update for Google Home is the largest release of actions yet, since its release in October. The Google Assistant platform used to command the device only launched last week and it initially had only three third-party conversation action. However, thanks to a new update that number has jumped to 35.

Jason Douglas, the Google Assistant product lead stated that the conversation actions from Google Home early access partners will gradually be released in the coming weeks for all users starting today. The update consists in a variety of actions, from Domino’s Pizza to WebMD, and many more in hopes to have something for every Google Home users.

There are even actions which will allow the Google assistant to recommend cocktails, movies, and tv shows as well as books. Regarding games, you can play trivia with SongPop, 20 questions with Akinator, and other various games like Genie and Sub War. Finally, Google Home supports a number of news related actions from companies like NPR, NBC, HuffPost, CNBC, and Wall Street Journal.

If you enjoy the Google Assistant, then you should know that it can also be found in Google’s messaging app Allo. The company has also announced a new partnership with Mercedes-Benz which will result in the automaker installing the Google Assistant in their cars. The first official preview of a car with this feature will take place at the Consumers Electronic Show in 2017.

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