Overview
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The Assistant Accessories platform provides solutions for device manufacturers
to create accessory devices that are optimized for interacting with the
Google Assistant.
Accessory devices are not capable of independently interacting
with the Assistant. Instead, they are paired or connected to another Assistant
built-in device to improve the user's interaction with the Assistant. For
example,
a USB-C headset
(the accessory device) would typically interact with the Assistant app on an
Assistant built-in device such as an Android mobile phone.
Supported accessory types
The Assistant Accessories platform supports Bluetooth and USB-C accessory
devices.
Bluetooth devices
The Assistant Accessories platform supports Bluetooth devices. The best
Assistant user experience comes from a full integration with the Assistant
Accessories platform , which enables minimal latency interactions and advanced
features such as "Hey Google" hotword support. Full integrations are only
available to Google partners. To inquire about becoming a partner, email
bisto-intake@google.com.
Even if you are not performing a full integration, any Bluetooth accessory can
be tuned to provide better support for the Google Assistant experience. For
more information, see
Voice activation optimization.
USB-C devices
Assistant USB-C accessory devices improve the mobile Assistant experience and provide
the same benefits as Bluetooth devices. However, USB-C devices enable lower
latency voice interactions.
USB-C devices are compatible with Android devices running Android P (9.0) or
later.
For more information, see
the Overview.
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Last updated 2024-10-16 UTC.
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