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Jun 2023
37m 41s

Episode 151 - Requiem for Conversational...

Mark and Allen
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This week, Google completed the "sunset" of Conversational Actions for the Google Assistant. Mark and Allen discuss the ups and downs of Actions on Google, how it fit into the #VoiceFirst landscape, and what may come next.

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