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0 pointssakisv1y ago0 comments

They did do that. Back in 2013-2015 or so. It was called Google Now, and it was a bit like magic.

It showed you contextual cards based on your upcoming trips/appointments/traveling patterns. E.g. Any tube delays on your way home from work. How early you should leave to catch your flight.

This alongside Google Inbox was among the best and most "futuristic" products.

I was glad to see today Apple implementing something similar to both of these.

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simonh1y ago

But it was a decent new Google product, hence all the past tenses.

drcongo1y ago

Google Then™

theshrike791y ago

Google Now was actually a great idea, it was the only "social" media I actually understood.

No wonder they killed it.

jbl0ndie1y ago

I've always been baffled why those two got canned. They were both really useful.

camjohnson261y ago

Canceling Google Inbox was when I started to move off their platform, it was their best product in years and finally got a handle on email chaos, and then they just killed it with no follow up, insane.

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