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From my work as a Developer Advocate on the Google Assistant Team - an introduction to SSML features for Google Assistant, and how they can be used in conversational actions. You'll even get a heaping helping of cheesy jokes, straight from my brain to your ears.

This video was also used for the december episode of Voice Talks in 2021:

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Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) features for Google Assistant


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From [Google I/O 2021](https://io.google/2021/): In this session, we (I) discuss marketing activities that help users discover and engage with what you’ve built on Google Assistant, as well as some updates to monetization features for Conversational Actions.


Driving a successful launch for Conversational Actions


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As a part of my work as a DevRel lead for Google Assistant, I did a guest segment on VOICE Talks in August of 2021, talking about why UX research for voice-first experiences is so crucial.


VOICE Talks August 2021: Trust the researchers for voice-first UX


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From my work as a Developer Advocate on the Google Assistant team, this tutorial explains the difference between _shortcuts_ and _dynamic shortcuts_ for Android, and how to use Assistant to take advantage of this functionality.


Push dynamic shortcuts to Assistant


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A brief, 2-minute Demo from [Google I/O 2021](https://io.google/2021/): learn how to create your first App Action for an Android app, which lets you connect your app's features to Google Assistant


How to create your first App Action


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A quick demo from [Google I/O 2021](https://io.google/2021/): we take a look at some user experience (UX) changes for card verification code (CVC) confirmation and new payment method entry for payments on smart screens.


#assistant: 6 posts tagged

Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) features for Google Assistant

Driving a successful launch for Conversational Actions

VOICE Talks August 2021: Trust the researchers for voice-first UX

Push dynamic shortcuts to Assistant

How to create your first App Action

New Transaction Features for Smart Displays