{"id":4392,"date":"2020-05-26T09:05:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T09:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/?p=4392"},"modified":"2020-05-26T09:05:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T09:05:42","slug":"google-is-testing-its-voice-matching-technology-to-secure-google-assistant-purchases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/information\/google-is-testing-its-voice-matching-technology-to-secure-google-assistant-purchases\/","title":{"rendered":"Google is testing its voice matching technology to secure Google Assistant purchases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u2018Use your voice to verify it\u2019s you when making a purchase with your Assistant\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Google Assistant\u2019s Voice Match feature can now secure purchases made through its voice assistant as part of a limited pilot program. A spokesperson from the company confirmed to Android Police<\/em><\/a> that the functionality is new, and is designed to help secure purchases made on smart speakers and smart displays. At the moment, it\u2019s restricted to in-app digital purchases through Google Play, as well as restaurant orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we followed the instructions shown on Google\u2019s support page<\/a> to enable the feature we only saw the option to enable the assistant\u2019s existing fingerprint or face unlock security methods. Other users have reported that they were able to see the Voice Match menu option, but that the software froze when they tried to enable it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshots posted by Android Police<\/em> show the setup process for the feature. \u201cUse your voice to verify it\u2019s you when making a purchase with your Assistant\u201d the software reads. It also warns that the feature\u2019s security may not be perfect, noting that \u201csomeone with a similar voice or recording may be able to confirm purchases on devices you\u2019re logged into.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although it may not be the most secure method, using your voice as security has the potential to be a lot more seamless than using your phone to respond to a fingerprint or face unlock prompt. It could also be more convenient than Alexa\u2019s existing security method, which allows you to use a PIN<\/a> to protect purchases made using your voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voice Match is a Google Assistant feature that allows the assistant to tell the difference between who\u2019s addressing it. Last month, 9to5Google<\/em> reported<\/a> that Google updated the Voice Match training process to allow it to distinguish between people with \u201csignificantly higher accuracy.\u201d However, there are reportedly still limits on how much money you can spend using just your voice as security, Google confirmed to Android Police<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Considering Google I\/O 2020 developer conference had been\u00a0scheduled to take place earlier this month, there\u2019s speculation that the company had hoped to debut it there. Google gave no indication about when voice match confirmed purchases might see a wider release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source<\/strong>: The Verge<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Use your voice to verify it\u2019s you when making a purchase with your Assistant\u2019 Google Assistant\u2019s Voice Match feature can now secure purchases made through its voice assistant as part of a limited pilot program. A spokesperson from the company confirmed to Android Police that the functionality is new, and is designed to help secure purchases made on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[77,119],"tags":[73,122],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/assistant_payment_voice_match.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7FQPL-18Q","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4395,"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392\/revisions\/4395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}