Google Bets Big on AI with New Bard Assistant to Streamline Daily Life

Google Assistant with Bard combines AI capabilities with the voice assistant to summarize emails, plan routes, and answer questions. It will roll out in the coming months.

Google wants to shift smartphones away from just being small computers, and more towards AI-powered assistants that can help with daily tasks.

Other big tech companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple are also integrating AI into their assistant and productivity apps.

Google envisions Bard allowing inter-app operability, with AI able to pull and synthesize info across apps to streamline processes.

It remains to be seen how well Bard will work in real-world day-to-day use, but its capabilities shown so far are promising.