In just over three weeks, the Google Pixel 10 series will arrive, but as is customary, a lot of information has already leaked about it. One of its most significant new features—a potent contextual AI assistant named Pixel Sense—was previously covered by us. Alleged screenshots of the assistant were published last month, suggesting that it may debut under a different name. Regardless of its name, it is evident that Google is developing a new AI assistant, and the most recent Android Canary build supports this.
Pixel Sense is intended to use information from several Google services and apps, including Calendar, Chrome, Docs, Files, Gmail, Messages, Photos, and YouTube, to make pertinent, predictive recommendations, as we revealed earlier this year. The assistant might, for instance, recommend people, locations, or goods at the precise moment you need them. Additionally, it would understand your usage patterns to help you do jobs and routines more quickly and adjust to your interests by figuring out what matters to you. Pixel Sense would do all of this while protecting the privacy of your data by keeping it entirely on-device.
According to purported screenshots of the assistant released by leakers last month, the function may initially be known as “Magic Cue.” More information was provided by the pictures, which mentioned that in order to provide tailored recommendations, the assistant gathers information on current screen activity, app usage, and specific Google app data. According to the app you’re using, it does this to “present you useful details and time-saving actions.” For instance, “Magic Cue can locate your flight number from your Gmail – saving you the hunt” if a friend asks for it in a conversation.
It was discovered additional code in the SystemUI app that supports these earlier leaks while examining the second Android Canary build that Google made public last week. An alert is added by the code to let the user know how to use the feature for the first time. “We use AI to proactively offer info and activities relevant to what you’re doing on screen,” says the explanation of the alert, which is named “Get useful suggestions.” To “see how ideas are generated,” you can “tap & hold” the alert, which probably takes you to the Magic Cue configuration page.
We are unable to display the Magic Cue feature because it is not part of the SystemUI app. These threads that allude to it are all that we have.
<string name="ambientcue_first_time_edu_title">Get helpful suggestions</string>
<string name="ambientcue_first_time_edu_text">We use AI to proactively suggest info and actions relevant to what you’re doing on screen</string>
<string name="ambientcue_long_press_edu_text">Touch & hold to see how suggestions are generated</string>
<string name="ambientcue_first_time_edu_text">We use AI to proactively suggest info and actions relevant to what you’re doing on screen</string>
<string name="ambient_cue_icon_content_description">Ambient Suggestions Icon</string>Curiously, one of the strings describing the alert’s image (for accessibility reasons) refers to it as “Ambient Suggestions,” and the string resource names refer to the feature as “Ambient Cue” rather than “Magic Cue.” Since public-facing names are typically decided upon considerably closer to launch, Google’s code-names for features frequently differ from their code-names. We’ll have to wait a few weeks to find out, but it’s probable that the feature will still be branded “Magic Cue” when it launches.
The Pixel 10 series will be introduced by Google on August 20th at its upcoming Made by Google event. To receive all the updates, be sure to visit our homepage or follow us on social media, as Android Authority will be covering the launch in great detail.
