Google drops it like it's hot(words)
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Google may want to get rid of hotwords once and for all.
The company wants to patent a system for "hot-word free adaptation" of automated assistant functions. Rather than relying on a wake-up phrase such as "Hey Google," the company's system basically attempts to pick up on social cues to determine whether or not a user is addressing it, relying on lots of user activity monitoring to do so.
Source Fool.com
