Like earbuds, Google will change the Assistant’s notifications on headphones

What you need to know

  • Google is informing headphone users with Assistant support that the AI helper will lose its “touch-and-hold” function for notifications and the ability to reply.
  • A post states users will soon have to say “Hey Google” aloud in order for the AI to read your notifications.
  • Google made a similar move for earbuds in September, which prompted users on Reddit to voice their displeasure.

Google is continuing to alter the Assistant within its ever-changing ecosystem, and this latest move impacts audio devices.

In a community post, the company drew attention to an upcoming change that will affect how users interact with the Google Assistant on headphones (via Android Police). Google states the Assistant will soon lose the ability to read your notifications aloud when “pressed to activate.”

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