{"id":147618,"date":"2022-12-04T07:11:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T07:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-focusing-duplex-on-voice-calls-shuts-down-web-version\/"},"modified":"2022-12-04T07:11:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T07:11:04","slug":"google-focusing-duplex-on-voice-calls-shuts-down-web-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-focusing-duplex-on-voice-calls-shuts-down-web-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Google focusing Duplex on voice calls, shuts down web version"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cDuplex\u201d is Google’s umbrella term for technologies that can handle tedious, multi-step tasks on your behalf. The phone version was the most well-known application of this technology, and Google is now shutting down Duplex on the Web. <\/p>\n

Google Duplex was famously announced at I\/O 2018 with the ability to make restaurant reservations on your behalf. Mimicking a human when it placed calls, which featured disclosures, it debuted on Pixel phones before availability expanded. At the next I\/O, Google announced that it was coming to the web to help your complete tasks, starting with movie ticket purchases. Duplex in Chrome, with Assistant branding, would ask for your preferences and then navigate through a theater’s purchasing website for you.<\/p>\n

Google is now shutting down Duplex on the Web and calls it \u201cdeprecated.\u201d The company confirmed to TechCrunch and a notice for web partners says \u201cAny automation features enabled by Duplex on the Web will no longer be supported after this date [December 2022]\u201d<\/p>\n

Since Duplex was announced at I\/O 2019, it grew to support:<\/p>\n