“In a multi-device world,people don’t want to spend their life fussing with technology. An ambient approach gets the tech out of your way,” he said.
“It doesn’t matter what device you’re using,or what context you’re in,or whether you’re typing or talking or tapping,the technology in your life should just work together seamlessly.”
Innovations in privacy and security have allowed Google to create new,personalised cross-device experiences,he said,including between phones,smart home devices,tablets,wearables and displays.
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“We’re working toward a world where the front door knows when to lock itself,and your devices know whether to send an incoming call to your phone,your earbuds or your watch. Your TV will pause itself when you get up to grab a snack.”
Those privacy innovations included the ability for more data to be processed on devices rather than being sent to the cloud,and more complex anonymization of data that does need to be uploaded.
Specific examples shown at the conference include an upgrade to the Nest Hub Max smart display that lets it recognise you’re talking to it by analysing your gaze direction and other data,so you don’t have to say “Hey Google”.