![]() Google Assistant’s Daily Briefing can share data on weather, commute, calendar appointments and reminders, and can even end with an audio newscast. I counted 48 podcast news sources on Google’s current feed. You can deselect any of the elements above, and also define whether your daily briefing ends with an audio news report. When you voice, “What’s my day looking like?”, Assistant can reply with a localized weather report details on your work commute specifics about your next meeting and details on any reminders you’ve set. Perhaps the biggest surprise-and-delight feature is Assistant’s daily briefing. ![]() IPhone users won’t be impressed, but if you’re an Android enthusiast, and want app shortcuts now, you’ll need to buy a Pixel phone, as it’s the launch device for Android 7.1. Most Google apps already support shortcuts, and an API opens up shortcuts to third-party devs. Long-press on an app icon, and you may find shortcut options for specific behaviors. The Messenger shortcut is especially useful because it points to your most recent text conversations. The Pixel phones are also the first devices to surface Android 7.1’s app shortcuts: Just long-press on an app icon, and you’ll get options to launch directly into specific behaviors. The Pixel home screen replaces Google’s full-width search box with a more demure button ditches the App Tray button for a much more graceful swipe-to-view-apps gesture and rescues Google Assistant from exile in the Allo app by fusing it to the Home button, where people will actually use and enjoy it. The Pixel XL argument starts with a new home screen, which is currently exclusive to Google-branded Pixel phones, and apparently won’t be included in Android 7.1, the update that’s slated to arrive on Nexus phones in December (at the earliest). The new Pixel launcher-exclusive to the Pixel phones-replaces the full-width search box with a small Google button, and ditches the App Tray for a swipe gesture. ![]() A good smartphone interface sets the tone for the entire user experience, and in the 5-inch Pixel and 5.5-inch Pixel XL, Google delivers the best Android calling card yet.
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