Dude! Google Assistant Now Offers Male Voice Option

Why not? More options, more satisfied customers.

And the data on who chooses which voice gender preferences is going to be fascinating. JL


Thomas Ricker reports in The Verge:

Google just added an ambiguously named "Voice II" option under the Assistant Voice settings menu in the Google Assistant preferences (first spotted by Android Police). Selecting it gives you a huskier AI assistant across all your devices; be it the iOS app, a Pixel phone, or the Google Home speaker.
You can now make your Google Assistant a dude. Google just added an ambiguously named "Voice II" option under the Assistant Voice settings menu in the Google Assistant preferences (first spotted by Android Police). Selecting it gives you a huskier AI assistant across all your devices; be it the iOS app, a Pixel phone, or the Google Home speaker. Often you'll hear people use the pronouns "her" or "she" to refer to their digital assistants even though the formless slab of consumer electronics they’re referencing is so obviously genderless. Not surprising really, when Apple's Siri defaults to a voice labeled "female," Microsoft's Cortana default voice was recorded by Jen Taylor, and Amazon's assistant is named Alexa. Now your Google Assistant can be a “he” or “him” as well.