Subj : Google Bard might soon come to your Pixel phone
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri May 05 2023 12:00:04

Google Bard might soon come to your Pixel phone

Date:
Fri, 05 May 2023 10:44:53 +0000

Description:
The Google Bard Ai chatbot might soon arrive on your Pixel phone, based on 
code spotted in the Android app.

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 Google Bard  the generative AI the search giant launched following the 
success of Microsofts Bing Chat  might soon be coming to your Google Pixel 
smartphone via a home screen widget. 

Microsoft and Google are engaged in an AI search engine battle, and with 
Microsoft having taken an early lead  Bing Chat is available on PC and mobile 
via an app, and is generally performing better than Bard  Google is keen to 
catch up. 

A few recent updates have helped Bard become better at math , and improved 
Bards coding abilities  and now Google reportedly wants to incorporate Bard 
into its smartphones. 

According to 9to5Google , code found in the Android app files teases the 
arrival of a home screen widget for Bard  though its currently unclear 
exactly how the widget will function. It could be a new standalone icon, or 
it could be incorporated into the existing Google Search apps widget; we also 
dont know if the Bard widget will offer all the same services as the browser 
version, but it should at least offer Pixel smartphone users an easier way to 
access the Google AI. 

That said, there's no guarantee that this code means we'll see a Google Bard 
widget in the near future, or even at all. But with Google I/O 2023 coming 
soon, and Bard likely to feature heavily at that event, it's possible that 
we'll learn more about this leaked widget then. Exclusive to Pixel 

One other aspect to this leak is that Bard is currently set to be exclusive 
to Pixel phones, including the Google Pixel 6 , Google Pixel 7 , and probably 
the Google Pixel Fold , which Google just announced . So if you own one of 
the best Android phones that isn't a Pixel, youll likely be unable to access 
the Bard widget straight away. Google Stadia was also a Pixel-exclusive at 
first (Image credit: Google) 

This wouldnt be the first time Google has made its own services exclusive to 
its smartphones. The now-shuttered Google Stadia was initially only playable 
on mobile if you had a Pixel phone  a factor that may not have helped its 
early popularity, as Pixel phones weren't around in huge numbers then. 

Hopefully, Bard wont end up like Stadia  being unceremoniously canceled when 
the company gets bored of funding it  but well have to wait and see. 

Looking to try out other AI bots? Here are some interesting ChatGPT 
alternatives you can take for a spin right now.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/google-bard-might-soon-come-to-your-pixel-phone


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