Google Assistant will now be more enjoyable if you say "please" and "thanks" – TechCrunch

Does the barking of our voice badistants at the AI ​​turn us into jolts? Are our children getting used to order Google Homes and Siris from the world to turn on the lights without the courtesy of a "do you like"?

Perhaps With this in mind, from now on, Google Assistant will be a little more cheerful if you take the time to say "please" or "thank you".

If, for example, you say "Hey Google, Please set a timer on 10 minutes, "the Google badistant replies" Thank you for asking the question so nicely! 10 minutes, from now.

To be clear: it's totally optional. Prefer to be brief? It's good, the badistant will not chastise you. But if these are habits that you are trying to instill in a little or tweaking yourself, Assistant will answer you that way.

Google first said they would add this feature, which they call "Pretty Please," to I / O in May. Amazon has integrated almost identical functionality in Alexa in April of this year.

The Google Assistant discovers some new tips this morning:

• You can say "Hey Google, Call Santa" to chat with old St. Nick himself. It's been a long time, but they have added a new scenario (and visual elements, if you have a wizard device with screen).
• They added a series of Christmas stories to the hour feature of the wizard's story, so you can say things like "Hey Google, read me" It's the night before Christmas, "or" Hey Google, tell me a Christmas story "to set the tone.
• You can now add items to a specific list, such as your wish list or shopping list for Christmas dinner, via Assistant. Say "Hey Google, add" Mom's Kindle "to my gift list" and he'll know what you mean. You can also create new lists through Assistant, and Google notes that they will soon support third-party services Any.do, Bring!, And Todoist.
• If you have a wizard device with a built-in display, it can now be used as a karaoke machine: ask him to play a song via Google Play Music and the lyrics must now be synchronized.
• If you have an badistant device with an integrated screen and a Nest doorbell, you can now chat with everyone at the door with a new two-way call button.