Apps for the Google Assistant: new languages, devices and features!

Google Assistant is expanding its capabilities with new languages, devices, and features, offering developers more opportunities to create and share apps. Actions on Google now supports German, French, Japanese, Korean, and both French and English in Canada, enabling the development of apps in these languages. Apps are also becoming available on new devices like the Pixelbook, headphones optimized for Google Assistant, and Android TV, allowing users to experience them on larger screens and diverse platforms. Developers can create family-friendly apps with a dedicated badge, and these apps will initially be available in US English. Google provides templates for easy app creation, allowing developers to build trivia games, flash card apps, or personality quizzes without coding. Additionally, transactional apps can now be developed for Google Assistant on phones, enabling users to make payments and receive order updates. A new developer community program offers benefits such as Google Cloud credits and other perks to encourage app development and celebrate milestones.