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This is a great example of how owning the entire stack from CPU on up to user interface allows a company to do things that others just can't. Whether it's any good or not, well, time will tell. But it's not even possible for any other company (maybe Google with the Pixel, maybe).

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I don't see why this could not be possible on Android. All Google needs to do is build an API for Assistant that other apps can use to 'donate' frequently used actions/intents. Assistant can then make suggestions to users based on its own analysis of users' activities in the same way Siri does.

Apple could feasibly go further and do integration with macOS Siri as well down the line I'd imagine - Google can't do that nearly as deeply.

Especially since the next macOS release will run iOS apps. That may be the approach Apple is planning to bring this to the Mac.

The next version of macOS won’t run iOS apps. Apple is working on unifying some of their frameworks to work across platforms.

OK, thanks for that clarification. That does make more sense.

Why? Can you explain that reasoning? Google already shipped full integration of Assistant into their ChromeOS.

I am seeing a trend in this thread, that people think that Google Assistant doesn't have something whereas in reality it has already implemented all and more than what Apple did this year. Either, they are biased and are making assumptions, or they use Siri and are again making assumptions . Partly, another reason might be that Routines is within the Assistant Settings so people haven't discovered. Still, seems odd at a site like this. Frustrating.

Not only is this possible in Android, but this already exists in Android:

https://developer.android.com/guide/actions/

Cortana has had an API like this from the beginning, so I don't see why owning the entire sack is necessary.

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