New Google Chat App Could Destroy Facebook Messenger - http://clapway.com/2016/01/03/new-google-chat-app-could-destroy-facebook-messenger/

Google is still trying to somehow find a way to beat Facebook Messenger. The good news for Google is that they may have just found their answer. The company is currently developing its new application, Google Chat App. This app is going to be incorporating artificial intelligence and chat robots. These two aspects could be what Google needs to finally destroy Facebook Messenger, but it won’t be easy.

THE NEW GOOGLE CHAT APP

As mentioned earlier, this app is going to use artificial intelligence. All the user will have to do is say “OK Google”, and then several questions can be answered. It does not end there though as users will be able to chat with their friends with this app. Lastly, this app will allow users to post questions and search for queries just like they would do when using Google Search.

SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU CAN ASK GOOGLE CHAT APP

Obviously, this new Google Chat App is not going to be able to answer every question you ask. However, it does answer a wide range of them. Some of the general questions it will answer are how old someone is, where someone was born, word definitions, specific photos, math equations, upcoming weather, and what time it is. You can also ask it to set alarms, timers, scheduling, and various other reminders. This is just the tip of the iceberg because there are many other questions and tasks you can ask the Google Chat App to do. The thing to do is to experiment with the app and see what you come up with.

WHY THE GOOGLE CHAT APP COULD DESTROY FACEBOOK MESSENGER

The reason why this new app from Google could end up destroying Facebook Messenger is very simple. The implementation of artificial intelligence and chat robots gives the Google Chat App something that Facebook Messenger does not have. This will be a huge selling point and should draw more people to the new app. However, it will not be easy for this new app to destroy Facebook Messenger.

FACEBOOK MESSENGER IS STILL ONE OF THE TWO POWERHOUSES

Right now there are two big powerhouses when it comes to messaging apps. Those two would be WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. The latter, as of August 2015, had the second most monthly active users of 700 million. So, it would be a tall task for Google’s new app to compete with it, but artificial intelligence might solely do it.

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New Google Chat App Could Destroy Facebook Messenger

Google Removes Ok Google From Chrome Desktop - http://clapway.com/2015/10/19/google-removes-ok-goggle-chrome-desktop/

Google recently released their newest version of Chrome and they have decided to eliminate the ‘OK Google’ feature from Chrome desktops. Why was the decision made to ultimately due away with this feature for desktops?

It’s More Effective to Talk to Your Phone than to Your Computer

The first main thing that should be said is Google only eliminated this feature from desktop computers, but this feature is still available on mobile devices and on Chromebooks.

‘OK Google’ is a voice command that allows people to use the microphone installed in their device to tell Chrome what to search instead of manually typing it in to the Chrome search bar. According to Google, they thought it would be convenient when someone is cooking dinner or has their hands full that they could just speak what they wanted Chrome to search.

Ultimately, the company realized that it is way more efficient to pull your phone out and talk to it then it is to open your laptop and talk to it. This led to Google pulling the plug on using this feature on desktops.

Some People Didn’t Even Know About Ok Google in the First Place

I, for one, use Chrome every single day,frequently on my desktop or laptop. In fact, prior to the news some would have never known this feature even existed. 

Point being is there are dozens or thousands of users that have been using Chrome for years and never knew this feature was there and got by just fine.

Google really did not need this feature for Chrome desktops because most of the time when you are on a desktop you have easy access to typing via a keyboard. On a mobile phone the same luxuries of typing are not there and it is much more convenient to use this feature. The company should lose absolutely nothing in this decision, but they will gain nothing with this decision either. This feature was not slowing down their browser or having any ill effects on it, but it was not necessarily helping the browser either. The ‘OK Google’ feature is officially gone from all up to date Chrome desktops and should probably not end up affecting very many people.

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Google Removes Ok Google From Chrome Desktop