The Google Assistant preferences page allows you to sign in and select what services to use on Smart Displays and speakers. A small tweak today sees Google Assistant separate settings for “Photos” from “Videos.”
Since Assistant’s launch, Google has offered a unified “Videos & Photos” menu that first lists streaming services. The bottom of this page is home to a toggle for enabling/disabling Google Photos access.
Today, “Photos” became its own menu — “See your photos on all Assistant devices” — item. Like before, only Google Photos is listed with your email address also shown and the toggle. “Availability” names Google Home, Android (6.0+ Phones, Tablets, TVs), Smart Displays, iPhone, and iPad.
This change could just be Google simplifying Assistant settings with clearly defined pages for users. There’s nothing else today to suggest otherwise.
However, if one were to speculate, Google could open Assistant to other image backup services. Amazon Photos and Apple’s iCloud Photos come to mind as possible candidates. It would, of course, be up to those two companies to allow you to see uploaded pictures and videos across Google devices. In the case of the retailer, its offering is one selling point for Amazon Echo devices, while Apple does not have a smart home device with a screen yet.
Again, this is just speculation, with the icon Google using in Assistant settings just being the one for Google Photos. The settings menu has always been quite general even though only one service has ever been supported.
More about Google Assistant:
- Google preps ‘dropdown’ Assistant design on Android and new mic sounds [Gallery]
- Assistant drops the speech bubbles for larger text replies on Android
- Fitbit Sense, Versa 3 update adds audible Google Assistant responses
- Google Assistant will soon be able to power off your Android phone
Author: Abner Li
Source: 9TO5Google
