4. Google Now on Tap
This is one of the coolest features to come with Android M, yet it isn’t actually on the Developer Preview. On the current version of M, Google Now on Tap is not enabled and isn’t expected to be until the final release. It seems as if Google wants to surprise us with this feature, and I don’t blame them.
Google Now on Tap has the ability to revolutionize the personal voice assistant market, including Siri for iOS and Cortona for Windows (soon to be iOS and Android). Google Now on Tap is turned on by holding the home button; similar to opening Google Now previously. This time however, it has gotten a lot smarter.
Google Now on Tap will essentially take all of the information on the screen which you are currently on, and analyze it. Now, this may be creepy or very intuitive, but it will suggest information based on what you’re looking at. Let’s say, someone says we should go eat at Applebee’s. When you open Google Now on Tap, it will automatically pull up Applebee’s and show their hours, phone number, reviews, etc. The same goes for people in your contacts, music, and many more things.
We don’t know the full potential of this idea yet, as it isn’t available to everyone, but it will definitely turn heads. To get a full idea of the direction of Google Now on Tap, watch the video above. Google is trying to make their users life much more simple, and that is a staple of Android M.
