The writing could be on the wall for the humble keyboard and mouse. Google, a company that made its bread and butter from traditional search engines, is moving towards intelligent voice-controlled devices and VR platforms that put users inside the computing environment. Google Home and Daydream are just the beginning.
The number of voice-activated “virtual assistants” for Android has exploded in recent years, ranging from the gimmicky and niche to the genuinely useful and broadly applicable. None of them are perfect, but we think that if you can get it on your device, Google Now’s rolled-in simplicity and array of…
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