In a statement to Android Police, Google told that it will not roll out Assistant support to tablets."The Assistant will be available on Android Marshmallow and Nougat phones with Google Play, this does not include tablets," the statement explicitly reads.The motive behind Google holding back support for tablets is not clear as of now, but it could just be a marketing gimmick.The company could be launching a tablet with Assistant support, and may look to do a wider rollout post the launch of the tablet.In any case, this is all speculation and the real reason behind it is unknown.
Outside of the Allo application and the Google(google.com) Home speaker, the
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Assistant was exclusive to Pixel phones.The company nevertheless recently decided to create it available on all smart-phones running Android Marshmallow and up.While the fine print didn`t say that tablets would be getting support, users assumed that any device running on Android Marshmallow and upwards with GoogleTechnology company
Play should be able to get Assistant.Be that as it may, Google has now confirmed that tablets won`t be getting Google Assistant, and the support is only exclusive to phones.Furthermore, a separate report claims that Google Assistant is now serving ads, and one such instance was found on Google Home where it randomly spoke about the movie Beauty and the Beast out of context while narrating the day`s summary.Separately, Assistant on Google Home is reportedly promoting advertisements while narrating the day`s summary - a
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that is very famous with Assistant.A Twitter(twitter.com) user going by the name brysonmeunier tweeted a video of Google Home pushing a Beauty and Beast ad in the middle of narrating his day`s summary.Google claims that it wasn`t meant to be an ad, but may see why it seems like that."This wasn`t intended to be an ad.What`s circulating online was a part of our My Day feature, where behind providing helpful information about your day, we sometimes call out timely content.We`re continuing to experiment with new ways to surface unequaled content for users and we could have done improved in this case," the company told 9to5Google in a statement.Apart from the
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user, many others also heard the same movie announcement on Google Home and their Pixel phones as well.Calling out timely content without the user`s permission is still quite invasive and unwanted, and still hedges about the grey area of advertising.Let`s hope that such unwanted content doesn`t crop up more and more on Google Home.
