[APK Download + Teardown] Google App v4.4 Finally Adds Nicknames For Everyone (Maybe), Also Shows Progress On Trusted Voice And A New ‘Seamless Hotword’ Experiment

A fresh update to the Google App, formerly Google Search, just started rolling out. Don’t get too excited yet, it looks like the only user-facing change today is that Nicknames has finally gone into wide release for the users that didn’t already have it. The good news is that a quick teardown shows that Trusted Voice might be launching soon, possibly even with this version. There’s also a new experiment in the works called Seamless Hotword.

[APK Download + Teardown] Google App v4.4 Finally Adds Nicknames For Everyone (Maybe), Also Shows Progress On Trusted Voice And A New ‘Seamless Hotword’ Experiment was written by the awesome team at Android Police.