Amazon is struggling to optimize Alexa with generative AI, because, even with a date for the possible arrival of Alexa Plus with these ChatGPT-like skills, at the moment the e-commerce giant can’t find the right one key to function properly. A key that seems to know how to knock OpenAI with the latest ChatGPT update on Android which allows you to use the hotkey panel button to interact with your AI by voice.
And ChatGPT was updated in November last year so that Any user can use their voice to interact in Spanish with the chatbot created by OpenAI. A totally innovative experience, since the conversations are as they take place with the text version of this company’s chatbot.
NOW has been updated to version 1.2024.018 in its beta version which allows add new button to quick settings on Android (yes, those which allow you to activate the Bluetooth connection, airplane mode or GPS among many others). Which means that if placed in the first quick access line, which is accessed when accessing this panel (with a single gesture), ChatGPT can be invoked as if it were the mobile assistant itself.
Image of quick access to ChatGPT on a Samsung Galaxy mobile
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However, it must be taken into account that It is not linked to any function of the smartphone as is the case with Google Assistant. East more similar to Alexa thanks to its mobile application that allows you to interact with it to manage Echo smart speakers and other tasks, so in this case, ChatGPT as a voice assistant for Android mobile, opens a sea of possibilities to access to any type of query, question, information or doubt from the same smartphone.
This new update comes from the beta channel, and as reported by Mishaal Rahman of your account in (formerly Twitter), By clicking on the ChatGPT quick access button, its AI is invoked for the user to simply use their voice in Spanish so the chatbot can respond easily. Of course you have to configure the language in the app settings as Spanish and then some voices as female or male.
This is how the ChatGPT button is added to quick access on an Android mobile
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Once this is done, when you click on the button, An animation appears at the bottom requesting the first consultation by the user’s voice. Depending on the query, ChatGPT will respond as in its text version, but with the big difference in the animations and voice that make the experience simply unique; especially to be able to interact with the mobile phone as if it were an assistant capable of conversing on any subject; nothing new, but it is surprising that this interaction can be done with the cell phone and with voice.
How to enable ChatGPT as an assistant on mobile
The first thing is to download the ChatGPT beta version For Android. There are two ways to join the Google Play Store beta channel or install the APK from a repository like apkmirror. Here are the two ways:
- From the ChatGPT page of the Google Play Store: a card appears with the Join Beta section. Sign up and soon the new app update should appear.
- Download ChatGPT Beta APK in version 1.2024.018
Once the latest ChatGPT beta update is installed, you should see the button to invoke the chatbot by voice in the Android quick access panel. Here’s how to add the button:
- Accessible in the notification panel with a downward gesture (from a Samsung Galaxy mobile, although it is similar in other brands), and with another with quick access.
- Press the pencil button located in the upper right part.
- On the next screen (on One UI 6 based on Android 14), choose Top to add the ChatGPT button.
- ChatGPT Hot Button Wanted and is added after removing some of the available buttons.
- It can also be located on the next row of quick access buttons, but for quick access it would be at the top.
Also, at place it on the far right on the main bar, is easily accessible manually to access ChatGPT as a voice assistant on mobile. When ChatGPT is invoked, you can interact with your voice at any time and the generated animations are displayed when you respond so you can cancel the interaction at any time with a backward gesture.
Image of the different ChatGPT animations when calling on mobile
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An experience that works very well in its beta version to enjoy OpenAI AI with your voice and mobile with a single tap; now available on Android mobile since the last beta update. A point well played by this company to bring millions of people around the world closer to its generative AI via any smartphone or tablet.
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