Google Now on Tap
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Google Now on Tap was an Android feature that provided context-aware search and assistance by analyzing on-screen content and offering relevant information and actions without leaving the current app.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Google Now on Tap canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1634291 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Google Now on Tap Context triple: [Google I/O 2015, announced, Google Now on Tap]
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A.
Google Pixel 3
Google Pixel 3 is a flagship Android smartphone by Google known for its advanced computational photography features and clean software experience.
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B.
Moto X
Moto X is a line of Android smartphones developed by Motorola Mobility, known for its near-stock software experience and emphasis on user customization and voice control features.
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C.
Google X
Google X is a semi-secret research and development lab of Google (now Alphabet) focused on creating breakthrough technologies such as autonomous vehicles and other ambitious "moonshot" projects.
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D.
Google Play Services
Google Play Services is a core Android background framework from Google that provides essential APIs and services—such as authentication, location, and push notifications—to apps distributed through the Google Play ecosystem.
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E.
Google Pixel
Google Pixel is a line of smartphones and related consumer devices developed by Google, known for its clean Android experience, advanced camera software, and deep integration with Google’s AI-powered services.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Google Now on Tap Target entity description: Google Now on Tap was an Android feature that provided context-aware search and assistance by analyzing on-screen content and offering relevant information and actions without leaving the current app.
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A.
Google Pixel 3
Google Pixel 3 is a flagship Android smartphone by Google known for its advanced computational photography features and clean software experience.
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B.
Moto X
Moto X is a line of Android smartphones developed by Motorola Mobility, known for its near-stock software experience and emphasis on user customization and voice control features.
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C.
Google X
Google X is a semi-secret research and development lab of Google (now Alphabet) focused on creating breakthrough technologies such as autonomous vehicles and other ambitious "moonshot" projects.
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D.
Google Play Services
Google Play Services is a core Android background framework from Google that provides essential APIs and services—such as authentication, location, and push notifications—to apps distributed through the Google Play ecosystem.
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E.
Google Pixel
Google Pixel is a line of smartphones and related consumer devices developed by Google, known for its clean Android experience, advanced camera software, and deep integration with Google’s AI-powered services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Android feature
ⓘ
mobile software feature ⓘ |
| activationMethod |
home button press-and-hold gesture
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long-press home button ⓘ |
| brandingChange | later integrated into Google Assistant as similar context features ⓘ |
| canPerformAction |
create calendar events
ⓘ
dial phone numbers ⓘ open related apps ⓘ search for people, places, or media mentioned on screen ⓘ start navigation ⓘ |
| category |
mobile search technology
ⓘ
virtual assistant feature ⓘ |
| contextSource |
current foreground app
ⓘ
system UI content ⓘ |
| developer | Google ⓘ |
| discontinuationReason | superseded by Google Assistant features ⓘ |
| discontinuedBy | Google ⓘ |
| featureType |
context-aware search
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digital assistant feature ⓘ on-screen content analysis ⓘ |
| initialAvailability | Nexus devices running Android Marshmallow ⓘ |
| input |
on-screen images (limited)
ⓘ
on-screen text ⓘ |
| interactionStyle | non-intrusive overlay over current app ⓘ |
| introducedInVersion | Android 6.0 Marshmallow ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Android ⓘ |
| output |
cards with contextual information
ⓘ
links to web search results ⓘ shortcuts to relevant apps ⓘ |
| partOf |
Google Now Launcher
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surface form:
Google Now
|
| platform | Android 6.0 Marshmallow ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
offer relevant actions without leaving the current app
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provide context-aware information based on on-screen content ⓘ |
| privacyConcern | screen content being sent to Google servers for analysis ⓘ |
| relatedFeature |
Google Assistant
ⓘ
Google Now Launcher ⓘ
surface form:
Google Now
Now cards ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Google Assistant ⓘ |
| requires |
Google Play Services
ⓘ
Google app ⓘ internet connection ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| supportedLanguage | multiple languages ⓘ |
| userControl | can be disabled in Google app settings ⓘ |
| userInterface | card-based UI ⓘ |
| uses |
Google Knowledge Graph
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natural language processing ⓘ on-device screen parsing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Google Now on Tap Description of subject: Google Now on Tap was an Android feature that provided context-aware search and assistance by analyzing on-screen content and offering relevant information and actions without leaving the current app.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.