Tile improves its Google Assistant integration just as Apple is rumored to announce a competing tracker

Tile doesn't want people to forget about it, especially if Apple debuts its own item tracker. Today, Tile announced a minor update to its Google Assistant integration that'll allow Assistant to directly ring a Tile. The functionality isn't launching until later this year, but clearly, Tile wants to get its news out ahead of Apple. Before, Tile just had a Google Assistant skill, which required users to say, "Hey Google, ask Tile to find my phone." Later this year, they can just say, "Hey Google, find my phone," and the Tile attached to their phone will ring.