I share Dieter’s overall confusion about Google doing everything twice, but I love this general concept for smarthome control: a pared down display with voice assistant in the dock, all the full control apps in Android when you grab the tablet https://t.co/WIkOZlJIRC

— nilay patel (@reckless) September 5, 2019

Google: we are no longer making multiple, duplicate messaging apps. Goodbye to all that.

Also Google: here is another kind of smart display that runs software that is similar to but different from our other smart displays. https://t.co/Jgi5AzxUJm

— Dieter Bohn (@backlon) September 5, 2019

Google Assistant’s Ambient Mode turns Android devices into smart displays https://t.co/wYkEC4l0Ew pic.twitter.com/LNbn3N0MLJ

— The Verge (@verge) September 5, 2019

Google Assistant Gets a New Ambient Mode.https://t.co/vtjlTKzI8k

— Droid Life (@droid_life) September 5, 2019

The writing's on the wall. Or the word has been spoken... either way, if your device has a screen, has a mic, or a camera... IT WILL BECOME ONE WITH THE GOOGLE ASSISTANT ARMY

/cc @BrianRoemmele #ConvComm #VoiceComputing https://t.co/l0e83lR0h9

— Chris Messina ⤳ #techfestival (@chrismessina) September 5, 2019

Google Assistant Gets a New Ambient Mode, WhatsApp Video Call Support - by @mehedih_ - https://t.co/fPSG1Bs7Z9 pic.twitter.com/IZGVGDOYuy

— Paul Thurrott (@thurrott) September 5, 2019

Google Assistant’s Ambient Mode turns Android devices into smart displays https://t.co/VlxBjWj9Fa pic.twitter.com/GVSpFSkNkg

— The Verge (@verge) September 6, 2019