Rest of the Day: It’s Easy to Use the Google Assistant in Allo
One of the defining features of Google’s latest chat app, Allo, is that it works closely with Google Assistant to help you complete tasks via chat. They now add a dedicated button for the helper so you don’t have to type. About this and much more in today’s news.
- Allo’s dedicated button for Google Assistant means you no longer need to type “@google” when you want to use it. It’s a small feature, but it removes the barrier to entry a bit to encourage more use of the Assistant. Also in the latest update added GIF search and several new animated emoticons. [The Verge]
- Google is also working to fix one of the biggest flaws in its voice recognition device, Home. It looks like they are adding multiplayer support. It is a common complaint that the device only connects to one Google account as it severely limits its usefulness if multiple people want to use it. They even plan to add custom voice recognition so he knows who is speaking. [Android Police]
- Security researchers discovered a bug in Slack that could be used to steal Slack tokens and hack accounts. Slack fixed the vulnerability within five hours of receiving the notification, stating that it had never been exploited. But this, of course, is alarming to hear! [Discover]
- Prisma, a pictorial filter photo app, has a new tool that lets you create your own filter by uploading the image you want to simulate. It is actually a desktop tool that is currently only available to select users, but they will be opening it soon. There is also a new filter store in the application, which will be regularly updated with new filters. [The Next Web]
- Remember when Yahoo said that some user accounts could have been compromised by fake cookies ? Access to 32 million accounts. [ZDNet]