Google app beta hints at Assistant text input, search gestures

Google is prepping a new version of its Google app for Android users, and while it can hardly be classified as major, Android Police has discovered a few interesting tidbits hidden in the beta that could bring changes to the way we search and interact with Google Assistant.

Google Assistant acts a little differently on whatever app you happen to be using it on, but it seems Google is working to streamline things a little. The latest update to the app contains a reference to a “keyboard_toggle” and a “type_container,” presumably adding text commands in addition to voice, much like how Assistant works in the Allo app. Android Police also found some more references to Google Assistant for Android Wear, further confirming that Google is hard at work to bring its digital helper to the next version of the wearable OS.

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