June 28th, 2019
The Google Assistant Library for Python is now deprecated. Use the Google Assistant Service instead.
May 8th, 2018
The Google Assistant SDK now supports additional languages. This includes hotword models, queries, and responses for the Library.
A new developer preview (1.0.0) of the Google Assistant Library for Python is now available. The Library now supports playing news and podcasts.
The Google Assistant Service now supports visual output. You can show the visual responses (cards, suggestion chips, and more) from the Assistant using the output HTML5.
Google Assistant Library
| feature | Support for additional languages. This includes hotword models, queries, and responses. This setting can be selected from the Google Assistant app. |
| feature | Support for playing news and podcasts. |
| feature | Support for broadcasting voice messages. |
Google Assistant Service
| feature | Support for additional languages. This setting can be passed through the Service API or selected from the Google Assistant app. |
| feature | Support for rendering visual Assistant responses in addition to audio. |
March 9th, 2018
The Google Assistant SDK now supports Custom Device Actions. In addition, new project setup and device registration can now be done in the Actions Console for a simplified developer experience.
Google Assistant Library
| feature | Support for Custom Device Actions. |
| feature | Integrated project setup and device registration with the Actions Console. |
Google Assistant Service
| feature | Support for Custom Device Actions. |
| feature | Integrated project setup and device registration with the Actions Console. |
March 1st, 2018
Google Assistant Service
The Google Assistant Service now supports six additional languages; no software update is needed.
| feature | Support for additional languages, including Spanish (Mexico and Spain), Italian, English (India), Korean, and Portuguese (Brazil). This setting can be passed through the Service API or selected from the Google Assistant app. |
| fixed | Added new is_new_conversation field. Use it to reset a conversation. |
February 20th, 2018
The developer preview (0.1.1) of the Google Assistant Library for Python is now available. This version brings remote-casting support to the Google Assistant Library.
Google Assistant Library
| fixed | Support for remote casting to Cast-enabled devices (for example, Ok Google, play Spotify on the Kitchen Speaker. |
December 20th, 2017
The developer preview (0.1.0) of the Google Assistant Library for Python is now available. The developer preview (v1alpha2) of the Google Assistant Service (previously known as the Google Assistant gRPC API) is now also available. Both previews bring Device Actions to the Google Assistant SDK.
If you are migrating an existing project to the latest version of the SDK, you will need to register your device with the Google Assistant. This enables the Assistant to respond to commands appropriate to your device and the given context. The SDK includes a registration tool to register the device model. The SDK samples automatically registers a device instance based on this model. For more information, see the registration documentation for the Library or Service.
You can also use the REST API to register a device model and instance.
The Service methods and message fields were re-organized in this release. Take a look at the differences between v1alpha1 and v1alpha2 to help you transition your code over to v1alpha2.
Google Assistant Library
| feature | Support for Device Actions. |
| feature | Support for more languages. This setting can be selected from the Google Assistant app. |
| feature | Location can now be configured as a street address in the Google Assistant app. |
| fixed | Better handling of connection errors. |
Google Assistant Service
| feature | Support for Device Actions. |
| feature | Support for more languages. This setting can be passed through the Service API or selected from the Google Assistant app. |
| feature | Location can now be configured as a street address in the Google Assistant app, or as a latitude and longitude via the API. |
| feature | Support for displaying the text of the user's request and the text response from the Google Assistant. |
| feature | Support for submitting queries via text input. |
July 19th, 2017
The developer preview (0.0.3) of the Google Assistant library for Python is now available.
Google Assistant Library
| feature | Support for x86_64 Linux. |
| feature | Support for Python v2.7. |
| fixed | Various bug fixes and improvements in error messaging. |
Google Assistant gRPC API
No updates.
May 17th, 2017
The developer preview (0.0.2) of the Google Assistant library for Python is now available. This library complements the existing gRPC API providing a higher level API surface for easier integration, hotwording capability, and early support for timers and alarms.
Google Assistant Library
| feature | Initial release of the library for Python. |
| feature | Ok Google and Hey Google hotword support for voice activation. |
| feature | Ability to set alarms and timers. |
| issue | Alarms and timers do not persist across device restarts. |
| issue | The device location is currently not reported properly. This may affect any query that depends on the device location, or the timezone of the device. |
| issue | Account linking for third party services requires owning a Google Home and installing the Google Home application. This affects using services like Uber, or connecting to home automation devices like Hue. |
| issue | Playing music, news, or podcasts is not yet supported. |
Google Assistant gRPC API
No updates.
April 27th, 2017
The developer preview (alpha v1) of the Google Assistant API is now available. Use this initial release to put the Google Assistant into your devices. English is the only supported language for this release (language tag "EN-US").
To install this SDK, see Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi and Python.
| feature | An RPC API is available to communicate with the Assistant. |
| feature | Python sample code is available. |
| issue | Alarms and timers are not yet supported. |
| issue | Account linking for third party services requires owning a Google Home and installing the Google Home application. This affects using services like Uber, or connecting to home automation devices like Hue. |
| issue | Playing music, news, or podcasts is not yet supported. |
| issue | Precise device location is not yet available for geolocated queries. Currently, the device location is estimated from the device's IP address. |