Google’s assistant then loaded a list of nearby restaurants. For the restaurants that took reservations only over the phone, Google offered to step in and place the call with Duplex.

Google revealed Google Duplex at Google I/O 2018 as a way to make bookings at restaurants and other locations. At the time, the service was hailed for sounding a whole lot like a human, but ...

When Google unveiled Google Duplex last year at I/O 2018, the brand new Assistant feature looked terrific. It was the kind of futuristic technology nobody else had.

Google later said it would build in disclosures so people would know they were talking to automated software. Now the feature is available on both Android phones and iPhones, in 43 states.

Google At this year's developer conference, Google unveiled Duplex on the web, an extension of the Duplex virtual assistant that can accomplish simple tasks on the web.

At Google I/O 2019, the company revealed that Duplex would soon be available on the web to deal with the hassle of filling out online forms. It is not clear whether or not Google will also ...

Google Duplex Uses Humans According to Google, a quarter of Duplex calls begin with humans calls, and 15 percent start with AI and are later intervened by a person from the Duplex call center.

Amidst COVID-19, Google has been using Duplex to call businesses and automatically update store hours, as well as get information about takeout or no-contact delivery, for Maps and Search.

While Duplex on the Web is going away, Google is still committed to the voice version of the conversational technology that can make human-sounding calls and maintain real conversations.

When Google unveiled Google Duplex last year at I/O 2018, the brand new Assistant feature looked terrific. It was the kind of futuristic technology nobody else had.