OK, Google!

I don't talk to my phone near as much as I could. I got my Nexus 5 at the beginning of the year. I quickly learned how convenient it was to search by saying, "OK, Google." I do have to admit that I often find doing so a bit awkward. If there's someone in the room, he or she may think I'm trying to communicate. When out in public, I'm just not used to asking questions or giving commands to my phone. I've never even tried most of the available commands.


As long as the GPS is on, the phone starts to learn more and more about one's schedule. It'll prompt one with commute data automatically if one follows any sort of routine. It prompts with weather conditions, and it's beginning to give info on recent searches. Although it might be considered creepy, I like the idea of personalized information. I liked it so much I hacked my Nexus 7 tablet so it'd have the same home screen.


This morning, the home screen when swiped to the left looked like the image above. I was happy to see our hotel information automatically displayed. Jay had copied all of our travel email confirmations to me. As Gmail had this data, it reminded me. Honestly, I didn't need the prompting for this event, but I am getting older ...