Google Assistant Revamp Brings New UI, Voice Commands for Managing Subscriptions

Oct. 4, 2018

In the two years since its launch,Google Assistant has become fasterand better, with a wide range of features and skill-sets. And, to improve the user experience further, Google is nowrolling out a redesign to the Assistant UI on Android,which now offers a consistent experience when compared tothe recently revamped Google apps.

It follows the new approach of a simpler interface with more white space and breathing room for text and visual elements. Google Assistant is alsogetting rounder elements and squatter fontsfrom Material Theme just like other appsincluding Maps and Gmail.

Google says that the version is to bring as seamless an experience to touch screens as voice interfaces have done for Google Home or other smart speakers.

Now you can nowget the overview of your day by just swiping upwards after bringing up Assistant.Previously, this used to show your past searches and queries. This page will also include all the information which Assistant thinks you can do with right now.

Other than the new Overview flow, Google Assistant now hastactile controls and slidersto precisely adjust various values of parameters – for instance, the brightness of a smart bulb connected to Google Assistant.