What they have called an 'intent based' rather than 'App based' design, for some phones now, and likely to happen on all their devices. I would imagine this would work quite well, but better for some kinds of task-based proactive, alert, need or goal approaches. Might work well for team situations where there are shared goals and needs to coordinate efforts via an AI of some type. This could mean that the device might proactively choose tasks or data to be shown, providing an element of direction and management? I would consider the potential for workplace applications quite interesting, and even controversial.
" ... Ambient Mode brings a proactive Google Assistant experience to your Android phone. Arvind Chandrababu, product manager on the Assistant for Mobile team, shares how it easily shares the information that matters most to you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaRzJo_19nY
From9to5 Google:
"... Ambient Mode lets you “turn your phone into a digital photo frame, control music, other smart home devices and more.” Enabled during charging, it is officially “available on select devices on Android O [8.0] and above. According to Ars Technica’s Ron Amadeo, devices from Sony and OEM Transsion will also receive Ambient Mode with wider availability next week. Lenovo already showed off two tablets with this experience. One way to think about this new mode is as a stock always-on display for OEMs that do not have their own custom implementations. ... "
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