Google also pointed out how important context is when Assistant is trying to understand the meaning of a conversation. The Alphabet unit says that it has rebuilt Google Assistant’s Natural Language Understanding (NLU) so that it can more easily understand what you are trying to accomplish with a command. With its home-grown technology known as BERT, Google can “process” words in relation to the other words in a sentence instead of going through these words one-by-one.
With these improvements, Assistant can now respond to your requests to set alarms and timers with almost a 100% accuracy rate. Google also plans on offering almost perfect accuracy with other Assistant-related tasks as well.
BERT will also allow Google Assistant to deliver more natural back-and-forth conversations. That is because Assistant will recall your previous interactions and it can understand what is typed on your smartphone or smart display screen. As Google notes, if you’re in a conversation with Assistant about Miami and ask, “show me the nicest beaches,” it knows that you mean beaches in Miami.