Your Google Assistant Routine names are no longer set in stone
Users have been able to createGoogle Assistant Routinesin the past using the “When I say to my Assistant” trigger found under Starters. One downside to this was that in the name of using natural speech, labels could get unwieldy. As of Saturday, it looks like Google has made some changes to ease the process and make it more practical, allowing users to give Routines whatever names they like.
In aReddit threadpointed out by9to5Googleusers are noting that an edit function has been added to Routines. Open one up and now just by tapping the pencil icon you can name the routine whatever you like, no matter what the starter phrase is. Google Assistant users on Reddit indicate that the most marked aspect of this change is that you no longer need to give time-based starters some kind of special tag phrase — you set up a “When the time is” trigger and call it what you want. Speaking of time — this follows anotherhandy change that lets you fine-tune Assistant Routineswith even shorter delays.
The new controls are still being rolled out to all users, and there are, as with the more granular timing controls, some limitations when it comes toGoogle Assistantdefaults. Users still can’t change the names to prepackaged Bedtime, Commuting home, or Commuting to work Routines. The addition of routine editing in Google Assistant is a welcome change, though, giving users that much more flexibility and control.
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