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It seems like the Pixel 8 series could usher in a new way to reply to notifications by using your voice. This information comes from Mishaal Rahman, and it seems like this feature would work similarly to what Android Auto offers. The thing is, it would work on your phone, and without any prompts.
Google could offer a new way to reply to notifications using voice, coming to Pixel 8 first
Rahman managed to find some evidence of this in the Android code. You basically should be able to use Google Assistant to dictate what you want to say. The thing is, this feature looks to cut out the Google Assistant prompt that is present on Android Auto.
So, how exactly would this work? Well, when you receive a message, you’ll be able to say “Hey Google, reply”, or simply say “reply”. At that point, Google Assistant will immediately allow you to dictate your message.
This would be a massive improvement over today’s system. At the moment, you can read your message, and then say “Hey Google, send a message to [contact name]”. So, you can basically do things from scratch. This would make things a lot easier, seamless.
It’s expected to launch with the Pixel 8, but that doesn’t have to be the case
Now, this could launch with the Google Pixel 8 series, but that’s just a wild guess at this point. Even Mishaal said that he’s not sure. It could launch later on, as part of a Pixel Feature Drop, or something like that.
One thing is quite certain, though, this feature will first launch on the Pixel 8 series. Google tends to make such new features available on its latest phones first, which makes sense. Then, later on, they trickle down to other devices.
That will likely happen with this feature too. This doesn’t seem to need any special hardware, or anything of the sort. So, nothing is stopping Google from offering the feature on a bunch of other Pixels.