Google’s Groundbreaking Integration of Bard with Assistant Preps Users for a New Era

A Fresh Lease of Life

Bard, Google’s artificial intelligence chatbot, is about to be integrated into Google Assistant, which is about to undergo a major overhaul. After hundreds of Bay Area employees were laid off and 17 functions were removed from Google Assistant, the tech giant is now preparing to give its virtual assistant a fresh lease of life.

Despite Google’s earlier announcement that it will be integrating Bard into Google Assistant, details about the launch and functionality have been mostly hidden. However, leaks have given consumers a taste of what the AI revamp will bring.

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Role of Large Language Models (LLMs)

Google supposedly made a special page in the Pixel Tips app to highlight the benefits of the forthcoming Bard-integrated Google Assistant in advance of the launch, but users can’t access this page right now.The integration is anticipated to utilize Google’s recently released Gemini family of Large Language Models (LLMs) to boost the virtual assistant’s capabilities. Details that have made it into the public domain indicate that the Bard-enabled Google Assistant will be accessible using standard gestures like “Hey Google” or double-tapping the side buttons.

When activated, the Bard-enabled Google Assistant supposedly gives users a choice between speaking orders aloud, using a keyboard to type questions, or even presenting visuals to help put queries in perspective. An introductory message from 9to5Google teases the integrated assistant’s growing capabilities while assuring consumers of its ongoing capability to offer hands-free support.

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Speculation between users and techies is growing as they await formal word from Google about the revolutionary updates that will reshape the Google Assistant experience.