Google is now rolling out a new Android feature called Contextual Suggestions. This was, surprisingly, not announced during The Android Show | I/O Edition earlier this week.
Essentially, this is a toned-down version of Magic Cue, which debuted on the Pixel 10. This was first discovered in December, and it’s now starting to roll out.
What Contextual Suggestions does is provide AI-generated suggestions for actions you can take based on activities you frequently engage in. Like when you arrive at the airport, and your confirmation code pops up so you can easily check your bag in, or bring up your boarding pass.
In the settings for Contextual Suggestions, Google does not mention what model is being used, but it is being kept encrypted on your device. Though it also does not explicitly say that processing is also done on-device. Google is not sharing this info with other apps, thankfully, so you can rest assured that your privacy is safe.
You can find the settings for Contextual Suggestions here: Settings > Google Services > All Services > Others.
This is an example of actually useful AI
These days, we see AI in everything, and a lot of the time, it’s not really all that useful. And mostly just in the way. But features like Contextual Suggestions can be very useful. It’s also something that Google has been doing for years, going all the way back to Google Now in the early 2010s. It’s a bit surprising that it took Google this long to do this with AI, though.
Next week, we’ll likely see many, many more AI features coming to Google products, as Google I/O will take place in Mountain View, California. Here’s what we’re expecting from Google I/O next week. We will be there to bring you all of the latest news as always.
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