Engaging with the Google Assistant
DevFest New Haven
27 Oct 2018
Audio and Photo Credit: CBS Studios
Allen Firstenberg
Software developer / Consultant
Google Developer Expert for Assistant, IoT, Wearables, Identity
http://spiders.com/
http://prisoner.com/
http://prisoner.com/ubi/
What are we talking about?
Photo Credit: CBS Studios / Paramount
What is the Google Assistant?
A conversation
between you and Google that helps you get things done
in your world.
What are Actions on Google?
Actions on Google is the API
that lets you engage in conversations
with other services
through the Google Assistant.
Increased focus on Design
https://actions.google.com/design/
More Languages and Regions
| en-US | es-US | es-409 | de-DE | ja-JP |
| en-UK | es-EU | es-MX | da-DK | ko-KR |
| en-AU | fr-FR | pt-BR | no-NO | zh-TW |
| en-CA | fr-CA | it-IT | nl-NL | |
| en-SG | th-TH | id-ID | sv-SE | |
| en-IN | hi-IN | ru-RU |
Photo Credit: CBS Studios
New node.js Library
app.intent('tell.greeting', (conv, { color, num }) => {
conv.ask(`Dialogflow likes ${color}`, new Suggestions('Ok', 'Cool'))
conv.ask(new BasicCard({
title: 'Card Title',
image: { // Mostly, provide anonymous Objects
url: 'https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png',
accessibilityText: 'Google Logo',
},
buttons: new Button({ // Wrapper for complex sub Objects, but can also use Objects when needed
title: 'Button Title',
url: 'https://www.google.com',
}),
display: 'WHITE',
}))
})Media Controls
Photo Credit: CBS Studios
Google Sign In for Assistant
- Log-In just once using voice
- Tied to Google Sign In for web and mobile
- OAuth is still supported if you have your own auth methods
- UserID is deprecated
Photo Credit: CBS Studios
More Visual Controls
and more devices that use them
- Tables
- Improved lists and carousels
- Backgrounds and theming
Improved Testing
- New testing library
- Alpha / Beta channels
Monetization!
- Improved transaction flow
- Digital goods / subscriptions
(using Google Play Store)
Photo Credit: CBS Studios
More [Re-]Engagement
- Notifications
- Routines
- Link to your Action
- Improved directory
https://spiders.com/
https ://prisoner.com/ubi/
Photo Credit: CBS Studios / Paramount
https://actions.google.com/design
https://developers.google.com/actions
Stack Overflow: actions-on-google
https://codelabs.developers.google.com/
(Category: Assistant)
Engaging with the Google Assistant: The Next Generation
By Allen “Prisoner” Firstenberg
