Google Assistant Gains Continued Conversation Mode For More Natural Google Home Interactions

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Do you want to have a more natural conversation with your AI voice assistant? If saying wake words like "OK, Google" over and over again seem to robotic and stilted for you, Google is pushing out an update that it first announced at Google I/O called Continued Conversation. 

Continued Conversation will all you to invoke "OK, Google" or "Hey, Google" just once by voice, and then you'll be able to ask repeated questions without having to break out the wake words again. For example, you could say "Hey, Google, how far is it from Richmond, Virginia to Asheville, North Carolina"; "What's the temperature in Asheville"; and "Turn on the outside lights" while only using the wake words once.

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If you see that the LEDs on your Google Home are still lit, then you know that you can continue with follow-up requests without a wake word. After 8 seconds, the Google Home will stop listening and you will be forced to use a wake word again. If you want to cut the Google Assistant off before the timeout period, you can simply say "thank you" or "stop".

The update is being rolled out today to the Google Home, Google Home Mini and Google Home Max. Continued Conversation can be enabled within the Google Assistant app by navigating to Settings --> Preferences --> Continued Conversation. From there, simply toggle the switch to enable the more natural feedback with the Google Assistant.

Brandon Hill

Brandon Hill

Brandon received his first PC, an IBM Aptiva 310, in 1994 and hasn’t looked back since. He cut his teeth on computer building/repair working at a mom and pop computer shop as a plucky teen in the mid 90s and went on to join AnandTech as the Senior News Editor in 1999. Brandon would later help to form DailyTech where he served as Editor-in-Chief from 2008 until 2014. Brandon is a tech geek at heart, and family members always know where to turn when they need free tech support. When he isn’t writing about the tech hardware or studying up on the latest in mobile gadgets, you’ll find him browsing forums that cater to his long-running passion: automobiles.

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