Google Takes Assistant's Fate Into Its Own Hands

An upgraded virtual reality headset. A pair of wireless earbuds that can translate a conversation in real-time, like a Babel Fish. Most of them seem to exist for one simple reason: If you want something done right, do it yourself. That something, in this case, is Google Assistant. The company's pragmatically named AI helper already lives on Google Home, last year's Pixels, and lots of other smartphones--including the iPhone.