The Pixel 4 launch is right around the corner but leaks for Google’s flagship continue to pour in. We already know what it will look like, the hardware specifications, the camera features, and how some of its more elusive (or not so elusive now) features like Motion Sense and Face Unlock will function. However, today’s leak suggests that Pixel 4 will be bringing in tow a new way to invoke Google Assistant.
Google has been trying to make it more and more effortless to invoke the Assistant. And while the hotword is pretty intuitive, nothing would feel more natural than raising up the phone and simply spewing out your query. It is a standard thing that we do hundreds of times each day and it’s even easier than squeezing the device’s edges.
My major concern would be the erroneous triggering of the Assistant when we raise the phone while talking to someone else. How Google manages this would be interesting to look out for. Google will tackle the privacy issue of this feature simply by performing all voice recognition on-device, which has become easy with the new Google Assistant that was first shown off at Google I/O earlier this year.
