The first step away from search engines and towards intelligent assistants was marked by Google's launch in 2012 of Google Now, which offered "information that you need throughout your day, before you even ask". It tried to predict what users might want – such as weather reports, sports results or public transport updates – and this information would appear on your phone without the need to type anything into a search bar. By 2016 this had evolved into Google Assistant, capable of having a two-way dialogue with the user, and designed with wearable technologies in mind. You can ask it to remember things (such as codes or passwords) and it learns to recognise things you do regularly so it can offer relevant suggestions. It can also look at what is on your phone screen to get'context' for what you are doing – for example if you are discussing going to a rock-climbing centre with a friend, it can show you prices and directions.