GOOGLE’S CHATGPT APP MAY SOON BECOME ANDROID’S DEFAULT ASSISTANT: REPORT

Fri 12 January 2024:

A code within the latest version of the ChatGPT Android app suggests that it could be set as the default assistant on the device.

The rise in popularity of generative AI apps, such as Microsoft’s Copilot and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has rendered typical AI voice assistants, such as Siri and Google Assistant, outdated. AI assistants on phones are limited in what they can do, whereas sophisticated chatbots can carry on human-like conversations, answer questions on a variety of subjects, and can even get real-time information from the Internet.

For both iOS and Android, the ChatGPT app effectively replaces the device’s built-in assistant. However, OpenAI’s extraordinarily popular chatbot may soon be able to properly take the place of Google Assistant on Android smartphones.

A report by Android Authority says that a code within the latest version of the ChatGPT Android app suggests that it could be set as the default assistant on an Android device..

According to the report, ChatGPT version 1.2023.352, which released last month, included a new activity named ‘com.openai.voice.assistant.AssistantActivity.’ The activity remains disabled by default, but can be manually enabled and launched. Once launched, it shows up on the device screen as an overlay with the same animation as ChatGPT app’s voice chat mode, the report claims. “This overlay appears over other apps and doesn’t take up the entire screen like the in-app voice chat mode. So, presumably, you could talk to ChatGPT from any screen by invoking this assistant,” it adds.

It’s evident that helper mode is still being developed. There have been reports that the activity ends before you can engage with the chatbot because the animation that plays when you activate it doesn’t finish. According to the source, there is a partial existence of the code necessary for the ChatGPT app to function as a “default digital assistant app.” Additionally, it appears that the ChatGPT app lacks the declarations and metadata tags required to be set as the device’s default assistant.

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