Please can somebody give a short summary/difference between Google Voice Actions, Home, Actions and Assistant (Dialogflow)? I would like to control my android java application via google assistant/home, but I'm having hard time finding something I can start with.
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If you are building something for the Google Assistant, you will use Actions on Google. This is a cloud-based platform for AI-powered interactions. An action can take a user's intent, either through text or a transcription of what they said, and return a useful result.
Most people are not experts with natural language understanding, so they can use Dialogflow. This service gives developers the ability to easily match the user's intent and identify entities through what they said.
Once you build an action, you can publish it for the Google Assistant. This is a platform that is available on a variety of surfaces. Surfaces include Google Home as well as your phone.
If you are interested in building a device that embeds the Google Assistant or want to add the Google Assistant to your application, you can use the Google Assistant SDK. This allows you to make requests to the Assistant and present the response to the user.
Depending on what you are building, the tools you will use can vary.
