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In 2019, we started a YouTube series called Assistant on Air where we sat down to chat with people who build for Google Assistant. The goal was to have conversations about our guest’s insights and learnings from their experiences building voice actions. Each episode is focused on a different topic or theme like ways to build a voice application, how to build for smart home, reaching users, connecting with the community, conversational design, and so much more. Help support this podcast by gi ...
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In this episode of Assistant on Air, Toni Klopfenstein, Developer Relation Engineer, welcomes Allen Firstenberg, Google Developer Expert for Google Assistant, to chat about the future of Google Assistant and the pivot towards focusing on App Actions for Android applications. Allen shares the benefits of App Actions for developers, users, and featur…
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App Actions is the nexus that enables users to quickly access an app's functionality with just their voice. But what if we told you incorporating App Actions on your smart watch was a possibility too? In this podcast, we’ll explore how App Actions works with Wear OS apps. Specifically, we’ll take a look at how App Actions and Wear OS work together …
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How Google Assistant works with Android for Cars
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In this episode of Assistant on Air, Developer Relations Engineer Jessica Earley-Cha and Google Assistant Product Manager Madhukar Srivastava chat about how Google Assistant enhances the Android for Cars experience with voicified apps. Specifically, they’ll speak to how to incorporate Google Assistant on their Android Auto and Android Automotive OS…
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How Google Assistant powers voice features in your apps with App Actions
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In this episode of Assistant on Air, Developer Relations Engineer Toni Klopfenstein and Rebecca Nathenson - Assistant PM Director - chat about how Google Assistant helps devices and apps work better together through a natural intuitive interface. Moreover, they walk us through an overview of App Actions and its benefits. From discussing new feature…
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In this episode of Assistant on Air, Developer Relations Engineers Jessica Earley-Cha and Toni Klopfenstein sit down to chat about Conversational Actions sunset FAQs that have emerged. Can you still use and customize existing conversational actions? Do you have to delete your action after the turndown? What are the benefits of App Actions over Conv…
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What the Conversational Actions sunset means for Google Assistant
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In this episode of Assistant on Air, Developer Relation Engineers Toni Klopfenstein and Jessica Earley-Cha chat about some big news for Google Assistant. Specifically, they talk about the pivot that Google Assistant is taking from conversational actions to uplevel user experiences and make integration easier for Android developers. They also talk a…
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In this podcast, Developer Relations Engineers Jessica Earley Cha and Toni Klopfenstein sit down and talk about how to build for Google Assistant and its latest updates. They talk about Google Assistant’s role within the Android space, Android voice development, and the different ways in which Google Assistant easily integrates and works with Andro…
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[DEPRECATING] Opportunities and next steps - Episode 23
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** In today’s episode, Leon Nicholls (Developer Relations Engineer for Google Assistant) is joined by John Hsu (Product Manager for Google Assistant). With 10+ years in the games industry, John shares 3 unique opportunities …
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[DEPRECATING] Game personas and visuals - Episode 22
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** In today’s episode, Leon Nicholls (Developer Relations Engineer for the Google Assistant) is joined by Andrezza Valentin (Creative Director at MediaMonks) who led the creative elements behind the game Cookie Detective. He…
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[DEPRECATING] Continuous Match Mode party games - Episode 21
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** In today’s episode, Mary Chen (Strategy Lead for Google Assistant) chats with Eric Heaton (Technical Director at B-Reel), who led the development of the charades party game Mime Jam. Learn about the concepting, design, an…
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[DEPRECATING] Game development and tools - Episode 20
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** In today’s episode, Leon Nicholls (Developer Relations Engineer for Google Assistant) chats with Richard Heuser (Technical Director at MediaMonks), who led the development of Cookie Detective and Junior Chef. Hear Richard…
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[DEPRECATING] Game design process - Episode 19
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset ** Welcome to season 5 of Assistant on Air. This season is all about game development and we’re having conversations -- at home -- with designers and developers who recently built some fun and creative Assistant games for sma…
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[DEPRECATING] Building games on smart displays - Episode 18
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** Welcome to season 5 of Assistant on Air. We’re all at home, but we’ve got a lot of great content coming your way! This season, we’re chatting with designers and developers who collaborated with the Google Assistant team o…
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[DEPRECATING] Building Actions for your community - Episode 17
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** Meet Ismael Chaile, a GDE for the Google Assistant. Ismael is the Founder and CEO for Aineth, a startup working with the Google Assistant and creating actions for the community. In this episode, Ismael will give us his ti…
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Extend your Android app to the Google Assistant - Episode 16
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Meet Eliza Camberogiannis, a GDE for the Google Assistant. Eliza is a passionate Android developer who just recently joined the Google Developer Experts team. In this episode, we’ll learn how to extend your Android app to the Google Assistant.By Google
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[DEPRECATING] What is the Global Voice Hackathon? - Episode 15
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** Meet Martin Krcek, a GDE for the Google Assistant. Martin discusses voice for the Google Assistant, organizing a hackathon in his hometown of the Czech Republic, ultimately leading to the Global Voice Hackathon by collabo…
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[DEPRECATING] Importance of community - Episode 14
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** Meet Denis Valášek, a Google Developer Expert. Dennis discusses his journey and how Google Developer Groups and Google Developer Expert communities supported him during this episode with our host, Google Developer Advocat…
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[DEPRECATING] Voice strategy and design - Episode 13
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** Meet Adi Mazor Kario, a Google Developer Expert. Adi discusses her strategy with clients, the four stages of design methodology, and more during this episode with our host, Google Developer Advocate Daniel Myers.…
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[DEPRECATING] Enhancing Actions with APIs like Machine Learning and Canvas - Episode 12
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** Meet Sachin Kumar, a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Google Assistant. Sachin hosts workshops for beginners, and expands beyond beginner level to teaching how to build meaningful Actions with Machine Learning APIs. He i…
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[DEPRECATING] Discussing future of voice technology - Episode 11
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** Meet Allen Firstenberg, a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for the Google Assistant. He shares his experience helping other developers understand the technology and how to develop it into their applications. Hear Allen discu…
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[DEPRECATING] Engage students with an Action - Episode 10
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** Meet Steven Gray, a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Google Assistant as he shares his experiences and learnings from building an Action he built for his students called Scavenger Hunt.…
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[DEPRECATING] Tips for localizing your Action - Episode 09
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** Meet Yüksel Tolun, a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Google Assistant. Yüksel is a big part of the developer community in Turkey, and teaches developers best practices for how to translate their Actions.…
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[DEPRECATING] Share your expertise, build an Action - Episode 08
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** Meet Amanda Cavallaro, a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for the Google Assistant. Amanda shares her experience building two different Actions; one all about karaoke and another all about Aikido and the Japanese culture. He…
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[DEPRECATING] Build Accessible Actions - Episode 07
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** Meet Joe Birch, a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for the Google Assistant. He shares his experience building Chord Assist, an Action which makes playing guitar more accessible for everyone.…
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[DEPRECATING] Action and Developer Reach - Episode 06
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** Meet Aygul Zagidullina, Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Google Assistant, as she shares her experiences of building Actions. Learn about how Actions which are useful and unique can have great user reach with zero market…
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[DEPRECATING] Achieving High Quality Conversational Design - Episode 05
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** In this episode of Assistant on Air, Luke Davis and guest Cathy Pearl talk about Conversational Design. Covering topics like accessibility, meaning in silences, confirmations, repair conversation and more!…
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[DEPRECATING] Creating personality for your Actions - Episode 04
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** Does your action stand out? Every Action has a persona or character. In this episode of Assistant on Air, host Jessica Dene Early Cha and guest Wally Brill discuss why it's important to design with persona and how to brin…
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[DEPRECATING] Pathway to creating your own Action - Episode 03
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** In this episode of Assistant on Air, Jessica Dene Earley-Cha and guest Brad Abrams talk about content, App Actions, and experiences.By Actions On Google
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Smart Home Integrations on Google Assistant - Episode 02
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[DEPRECATING] What are Actions on Google? - Episode 01
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** In the first episode of Assistant on Air, Luke Davis and guest Jessica Dene Early-Cha introduce the concept of Actions on Google, and talk about common terminology. Actions on Google docs → http://bit.ly/2YabdS5…
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[DEPRECATING] Assistant On Air, The Podcast - Episode 0
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*** Conversational Actions will be deprecated on June 13, 2023. *** *** For more information go to https://goo.gle/ca-sunset *** In 2019, we started a Youtube series called Assistant on Air, where we sat down to chat with people who build for Google Assistant. The goal was to have conversations about our guests' insights and learnings from their ex…
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