TECH NEWS – Writing in one program and speaking in another can be made extremely easy.

Google has also started adding artificial intelligence to its Chrome browser, with Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Meta also extensively present in the AI market. Google’s announcement could be of great help to everyday users, as an AI-powered writing assistant could be added to their browser. This is currently an experimental feature and only regular and casual users will have access to it. Among the AI innovations, browser tab management and themes/wallpapers were also mentioned in a blog post by Chrome lead Parisa Tabriz.

Google is using AI to help with real user pain points, and that’s why a writing assistant is coming to the Chrome browser, but unlike the other new features, that will have to wait until February (Chrome 121) and will only be available in the US. Microsoft already has an AI-powered browser in Edge thanks to its support for OpenAI, and it has also updated its Bing search engine with it, so Google is a bit behind. If you can’t enable the features in the US, you’ll be able to access them in settings (it’s almost impossible that Alphabet would be so restrictive with innovation).

Also, 9to5Google reports that Gboard on smartphones will help make voice typing more sophisticated and easier, because currently you can bring up the voice typing window by tapping the microphone icon on the keyboard and then start speaking, but with the new update the keyboard app will always be listening, so it’s easier to start dictating. The feature was introduced in the Gboard 13.8 beta, and can be turned off if you don’t want to use it (raising moral questions about whether you can actually turn off the always-listening feature).

Will the Gboard innovation be available only for Google Pixel phones, or will it be available on other Android devices?

Source: WCCFTech, WCCFTech