Google has seemingly grown tired of the need to summon AI assistants like Gemini using a hotword or button press and is reportedly working on a new way to summon the chatbot.
As per a report by Android Headlines, citing a new patent, class=”backlink” target=”_blank” href=”https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/after-arattai-zohos-google-chrome-killer-tops-app-store-charts-heres-what-makes-ulaa-browser-special-11759405273698.html” data-vars-page-type=”story” data-vars-link-type=”Manual” data-vars-anchor-text=”Google”>Google is working on a technology that will automatically launch the AI assistant when the phone senses it is close to the user’s face.
Reportedly, the technology takes advantage of the existing hardware on a smartphone, i.e., the capacitive sensor grid used by the touchscreen. The sensors are responsible for…

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