We've also made it faster and easier to get to the Google Assistant on pixel ?, with a new feature called active edge. Just give your pixel a quick squeeze where your hand naturally holds the phone and ask for whatever you need. Here's a quick demo, I just I, just squeeze the phone. Take a selfie one hand, no buttons help me out front row. Our research team investigated dozens of ways to trigger the assistant, but squeezing the phone felt the most natural satisfying and efficient after a lot of work and machine learning were able to accurately identify an intentional squeeze. We're really proud of how it turned out, and it even works when your phone is in a case.
So your assistant is just a quick squeeze away, making lots of common tasks on your phone fast and easy from calling and texting friends to controlling your smart home to enjoying your favorite music and videos.
Source : CNET