Actions Launcher Addendum
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The Actions Launcher is a smart display feature allowing users to
easily and predictably launch Actions by touch. Actions Launcher is
available on smart displays such as Nest Hub, Nest Hub max, and the Lenovo Smart
Display in all markets where smart displays are available.
We aim to include as many Actions in Actions Launcher that meet our bar for
consideration as possible. To be eligible for consideration, your Action is
required to meet the following criteria, in addition to the
general Actions on Google policies:
- Actions must have a generic way to launch without the user providing
additional context. For example, specifying a channel, movie, song, or other
item should not be required for the Actions to work.
Actions must open some form of visual response, such as a carousel of
content or information page, in addition to voice-only flows.
- Actions may open voice-forward content, for example, a weather readout,
as long as there is some form of visual response to accompany the
experience.
Actions must not launch an unexpected or abrupt interaction, for
example:
- Directly dialing into a meeting without an interim lobby/browse screen.
- Immediately placing a call without first presenting a list of contacts.
- Starting media without a media selection screen first.
Actions must not require a Google Home App action (besides account linking)
How Actions appear in Actions Launcher
Selected Actions are eligible to be listed in two areas of Actions Launcher: the
top row view and the full list view.
- The top row displays Actions that are frequently and/or recently launched by
the user. For new users, or users who have disabled personal results in their
settings, the top row will display popular Actions.
- The full list view displays an alphabetical list of available Actions for the
device.
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Last updated 2024-09-18 UTC.
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