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

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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

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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)

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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)

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