Google Assistant, the virtual digital assistant from the
Android-maker, is coming to earphones and headphones. A promotional video of
QuietComfort 35 (QC35) II, an upcoming addition to Bose's QuietComfort of
noise-cancelling headphones lineup, surfaced online on Thursday, giving us the
first look at what the Google Assistant-powered headphones could do.
Google
Assistant will allow users to ask for the song they want to listen to through
voice, the video of the Bose's upcoming headphones shows. The Bose
QuietComfort 35 (QC35) II headphones also appear to have buttons, which
could allow a user to trigger Google Assistant. Even as the text in the
video is in Spanish, the song playing on the background is "Say my
name," a probable play of words on what the new headphones are capable of
doing.
The video further goes on to add that upcoming Bose's
headphones, "made of high quality materials", would feature improved
noise reduction abilities. Also on Thursday, a Reddit user posted an image of what appears to
be the box of the same headphones, which he allegedly spotted at an
unspecified online marketplace. The description on the box suggests that these
upcoming headphones will also let users send and read back texts.
News outlet 9to5Google on Thursday reported that Bose was working with
Google to launch Google Assistant-powered QuietComfort 35 II headphones, citing
promotional material. The news outlet also earlier reported references to the
headphones found in strings of code of latest version of Google's app for
Android. A Google spokesperson didn't immediately respond to Gadgets 360's
request for comment.
Google's imminent plan to trickle down Google Assistant to
earphones and headphones could further increase the reach of its AI-powered
digital assistant. Google Assistant competes with Apple's Siri and
Amazon's Alexa, which already is on select smartphones and headphones.
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