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We're adding more languages to the #ActionsOnGoogle platform!

Learn which languages have been added and start building today → goo.gl/XuncFA
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Actions on Google: Introduction to Conversation Actions

Starting today, you can build Conversation Actions using Actions on Google. This developer platform allows you to bring your services to the Google Assistant on Google Home. Using the Actions SDK, developers can directly parse requests and construct responses that adhere to the Conversation API. Developer tools such as API.AI make the experience even easier, and you can use a graphical user interface to define the conversation.

It is really easy to get started with Actions on Google, and you can learn more from our blog post https://goo.gl/RjhcOF and the introduction video below. Join us at our new G+ community at http://g.co/actionsdev to keep up to date and share ideas with other developers.

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Actions on Google expand to Android and iOS
Eat your heart out, Alexa skills.

Actions on Google – the voice-activated apps that are Google’s answer to Alexa’s Skills – are expanding to the new platforms of iOS and Android. With the expansion of Actions on Google to platforms outside of Google Home, it is safe to say this will jump start developer interest and will dramatically increase their reach.

Eventually the ability to use Actions on Google will expand to any and all platforms that the Google Assistant is able to operate on. It even works across devices, so you can pick up your phone and continue your action there if you have to run away for a bit. And, Actions on Google will also be able to support financial transactions, allowing for things like purchases by voice.

What it means is that Google now has a big advantage compared to Amazon Alexa when it comes to a possible install base for third-party developers. Actions created for the Google Home speaker should also work fine on phones, and there will be a lot of additional things developers can do now that they have full access to a screen for their chatbots.

For example, Google demoed ordering delivery from Panera — going through an entire ordering process via voice and tapping. Other actions will also be available, including a much wider array of smart home actions than we had before, when they were tied to specific Google partnerships.

This is huge for developers creating Actions, as it won’t require targeting specific devices, rather they’ll have developers target specific capabilities. For example, a developer could say their action requires a screen and so it would work on phones but not the Home, or that it is designed to only work on a speaker. In any of those cases, it would work on future devices that have those features.

#googlehome #smarthome #googleassistant #actionsongoogle #googlepayments

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Actions on Google expand to Android and iOS
Eat your heart out, Alexa skills.

Actions on Google – the voice-activated apps that are Google’s answer to Alexa’s Skills – are expanding to the new platforms of iOS and Android. With the expansion of Actions on Google to platforms outside of Google Home, it is safe to say this will jump start developer interest and will dramatically increase their reach.

Eventually the ability to use Actions on Google will expand to any and all platforms that the Google Assistant is able to operate on. It even works across devices, so you can pick up your phone and continue your action there if you have to run away for a bit. And, Actions on Google will also be able to support financial transactions, allowing for things like purchases by voice.

What it means is that Google now has a big advantage compared to Amazon Alexa when it comes to a possible install base for third-party developers. Actions created for the Google Home speaker should also work fine on phones, and there will be a lot of additional things developers can do now that they have full access to a screen for their chatbots.

For example, Google demoed ordering delivery from Panera — going through an entire ordering process via voice and tapping. Other actions will also be available, including a much wider array of smart home actions than we had before, when they were tied to specific Google partnerships.

This is huge for developers creating Actions, as it won’t require targeting specific devices, rather they’ll have developers target specific capabilities. For example, a developer could say their action requires a screen and so it would work on phones but not the Home, or that it is designed to only work on a speaker. In any of those cases, it would work on future devices that have those features.

https://goo.gl/iK9Unf

#googlehome #smarthome #googleassistant #actionsongoogle #googlepayments
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SSML for Actions on Google
Find out all the ways to use SSML to delight and entertain your users in your actions: https://goo.gl/QbRNfs

An important part of designing great conversation actions for the Google Assistant is thinking about how you want them to feel and sound. If you’re creating a fun game, you might want to use a whimsical tone. If you’re building a news reader, you might want to use a more deliberate, serious tone.

Actions on Google supports SSML to give you control over the ambiance and audio effects to delight your users.

#actionsongoogle #googleassistant #googlehome

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Actions on Google Trivia Game

We open sourced a complete trivia game for the Google Assistant with 3 personas, 750 prompts and 43 sounds #ActionsOnGoogle

Read about it here:
goo.gl/TLjyC4

Want to learn even more? Please join us over in the Actions on Google community to discuss further on G+:
https://g.co/actionsdev
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Actions on Google now supports French, Korean, Japanese, and German

Say hallo, bonjour and kon'nichiwa to apps for the Google Assistant
Four new languages for Actions on Google. Google added support for Actions in German (de-DE), French (fr-FR), Japanese (ja-JP), Korean (kr-KR), and both French and English in Canada (en-CA, fr-CA). This is in addition to English in the US, UK and Australia that are already supported.

Users will soon be able to talk to apps like Zalando, Namatata and Drop the Puck, with more apps on the way.

Apps are now available on new devices
Google recently introduced apps on headphones optimized for the Google Assistant and with the Assistant on Android TV. Also, same apps will just work on Pixelbook, when it hits shelves later this year.

#googlehome #googleassistant #actionsongoogle #japanese #german #french #korean

https://developers.googleblog.com/2017/10/apps-for-google-assistant-new-languages.html
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Join the Actions on Google Developer Challenge!
Turn your inspiration into action by building apps for the Google Assistant on Google Home, select Android devices, and the iPhone. Enter to win more than 20 prizes including a trip to Google I/O 2018. Your app must be approved by August 31st to be eligible, so start building!

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Actions on Google to support French, German, Japanese, and Italian soon

As you can see from the image below, "Actions on Google" developer console is now showing a language selector with options for French, German, Italian, and Japanese.

The addition of these new languages to Actions on Google(like LG, GE) means a few third-party services which are restricted only to Google Home in US, should finally arrive to other countries soon.

#googlehome #actionsongoogle #googleassistant #virtualassistant
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