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TL;DR
- Google is creating a brand new characteristic referred to as Gemini House for Pixel units, doubtlessly as an evolution or rebrand of the present At a Look characteristic.
- We’ve now discovered strings for a “Each day Hub,” characteristic inside At a Look/Gemini House, described as a “house for content material and strategies to simplify your day.”
- This means Each day Hub may supply useful content material and strategies just like Samsung’s Now Temporary and the erstwhile Google Now.
We’ve beforehand noticed Google engaged on a characteristic referred to as Gemini House for Pixel units. There aren’t numerous clues telling us exactly what this characteristic is or what it will do, however we speculated that it may very well be Google’s model of Samsung’s Now Bar and Now Temporary options. We’ve now noticed extra clues pointing in the identical path.
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On current Galaxy flagships, the Now Bar is a small chip on the lock display with reside app updates. It’s complemented by Now Temporary, a full-screen abstract of your day with contextual data, which might be accessed from its Now Bar lock display shortcut, the Now Temporary dwelling display widget, or the Edge panel.
Beforehand noticed proof advised that Google may very well be planning to rebrand the Pixel’s At a Look into Gemini House, and relaunch it with extra capabilities. At a Look might be argued to be similar to Now Bar already, whereas Gemini House may very well be corresponding to Now Temporary.
We’ve now noticed new strings that corroborate our path, albeit with a brand new characteristic referred to as “Each day Hub” that might exist inside Gemini House:
Code
<string title="echo_smartspace_pref_subzero_key">gemini_space_subzero</string>
<string title="echo_smartspace_subzero_toggle_subtitle">Present an area for content material and strategies to simplify your day</string>
<string title="echo_smartspace_subzero_toggle_title">Each day Hub</string>Within the strings above, “SmartSpace” is the codename for the Pixel-specific At a Look implementation (to not be confused with the At a Look widget that’s a part of the Google app and is offered to all Android smartphones with the app put in). The Pixel-specific At a Look implementation seems to be like a widget however can’t be faraway from the Pixel Launcher, so it’s a everlasting addition to the house display and lock display.
Additional, “subzero” seems to be the codename for the Each day Hub characteristic, which is described as a “house for content material and strategies to simplify your day.” It sounds loads like Samsung’s Now Temporary, and even surprisingly near what the long-dead Google Now characteristic used to supply.
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It stays to be seen what path Google finally takes for Gemini House and its Each day Hub characteristic, nevertheless it’s trying extra more likely to be comparable in idea to Now Bar and Now Temporary. We’ll hold you up to date once we study extra.
