Tech giants worldwide are diving into the AI game, with Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft flexing their digital muscles to outdo each other. Recently, Google unleashedGemini, its latest and most powerful large language model, rocking multimodal skills and promising to outshine anything we’ve seen before. Gemini wasimmediately made available in some form on Bardand thePixel 8 Pro, and it will soon integrate with other Google products. Now, a new report says that Google plans to harness Gemini’s power to birth Pixie, a virtual assistant with more tricks up its sleeve than your usualGoogle Assistant.
Sure, Google Assistant reigns supreme for Android users, showing other digital assistants like Siri and Bixby how it’s done. ButThe Informationreports that Google is developing a new AI assistant called Pixie, a Pixel-exclusive assistant aiming to tackle situations where Google Assistant falls short, especially offline.
According to the report, which cites unnamed sources privy to the matter, the AI assistant could make its way to thePixel 9 and 9 Proin the coming year. This is consistent with Google’s promise to level up the user experience with some AI-powered tricks.
Pixie is supposed to rock all the usual skills of Assistant, but dropping some new tricks that the existing AI can’t match. It would supposedly bring Gemini Nano into the mix, the same powerhouse that’salready running on the Pixel 8 Pro. This slimmed-down version of Gemini runs natively on Pixel devices and doesn’t need an internet connection to do things likesummarize recordingsor fire off instant replies. If this is accurate, it looks like Pixie might just outshine Google Assistant.
The upcoming AI is not stopping at just being a snazzy assistant. The report claims that Pixie is also diving into your digital life, mining data from your Gmail and Maps activities to learn your preferences. The sources didn’t spill the beans on the details, but they did mention there’s a rush to introduce Pixie to the more budget-friendly Pixel A-series and even the Pixel Watch in the future.
Google is also said to be developing futuristic glasses that can identify whatever catches your eye using AI. And if you need help with a math problem or figuring out which end of the hammer to use, these glasses will presumably give you advice.
