With Groupon regrouping after the Google acquisition talks and Living Social still getting its footing, there wasn't either company could do to prepare for this worst case scenario and, at the moment, not much they can do to fight it. Even if Groupon expected Google to clone its model after the rejected acquisition, Google has the cash and the search platform that Groupon and like-minded competitor Living Social can't begin to match. Groupon!Īnd that's a serious problem for the deep discount dotcom darling that pushes deep discount deals to customers. Starting today, you can try doing more using your voice with more than 30 of the top apps on Google Play available in english globally, with more apps coming.That was fast: Weeks after Groupon spurned Google's $6 billion buyout offer, the search giant announces Google Offers, a daily deals website that looks suspiciously like.

Now you can do things like playing music, starting a run, posting on social media, ordering food, paying back a friend, hailing a ride-the list goes on and on-all with just your voice.

Or if you’re looking for something (or someone) specific within an app, just say, “Hey Google, open Selena Gomez on Snapchat.”īut people do a lot more with their apps beyond simply opening and searching within apps, and we want to enable voice commands to those frequent tasks, too. For example, you can now say, “Hey Google, search cozy blankets on Etsy” and get right to what you’re looking for. This makes everyday tasks within an app much easier thanks to voice. Opening and searching within Android apps using “Hey Google” is now available to all Assistant-enabled Android phones. So today, we’re extending the convenience of simple Assistant voice commands to work with your favorite Android apps. Google Assistant helps people get things done every day-and for people using Android phones, mobile apps are often the best way to help with tasks.

Hey google groupon