You can now ask Google's mobile app (almost) anything
- 9 years ago
Frankly, it was always possible to ask Google anything, but for slightly more complicated questions, the answers were a bit...wanting.
Now, Google has updated its mobile app to better understand complex queries.
In a blog post Monday, Google product manager Satyajeet Salgar explains some of the improvements that help the app make sense of your weird, human thought processes.
Google readily explains that the system is not perfect yet, even giving an example of a query that will not yield a correct answer.
For example, if asking "who was Dakota Johnson's mom in the movie?"
That query will net you the name of the real-life person, not the actress.
However, the company claims these changes are a foundation that will make its search algorithms even smarter in the future.
Now, Google has updated its mobile app to better understand complex queries.
In a blog post Monday, Google product manager Satyajeet Salgar explains some of the improvements that help the app make sense of your weird, human thought processes.
Google readily explains that the system is not perfect yet, even giving an example of a query that will not yield a correct answer.
For example, if asking "who was Dakota Johnson's mom in the movie?"
That query will net you the name of the real-life person, not the actress.
However, the company claims these changes are a foundation that will make its search algorithms even smarter in the future.