A major reason why people use voice assistants is that it can often be tedious to type things out. It's even better when the device can recognise your voice and provide you with personalised results. That's what the Voice Match feature on Google Assistant does and it could be coming to Android TV soon.
According to 9to5Google, the Google Search app for Android TV has recently been updated to version 4.2, which brings more existing features of Google Assistant and Google Home. One of these features is Voice Match, a feature where you can link your voice to your Google account. Once you've done that, no one else will be able to access services linked to your personal account.
<string name=”voice_match_setup_screen_title”>Activate Voice Match on this TV</string>
<string name=”voice_match_setup_screen_description_1″>”Your Assistant can already recognize you by your voice, and tell you apart from others.
Voice Match allows your Assistant to identify you and tell you apart from others. The Assistant takes clips of your voice to form a unique voice model, which is only stored on your device(s). Your voice model may be sent temporarily to Google to better identify your voice.
If you decide later that Voice Match isn’t for you, simply remove it from Assistant Settings. To view or delete the audio clips you record during Voice Match setup, go to activity.google.com.”</string>
The code for Voice Match was found in the Google Search APK for Android TV
For example, you can use your voice to specifically login to your personal Netflix account just by using your voice. But another person will not be able to do so. Since Google is expected to launch a new Android TV dongle soon, the updated features may be added in anticipation for that. If nothing else, it's good that Google is looking at ways to add some form of security to voice AIs like these.
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