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Deprecation of anonymous user identifier

Google announced the deprecation of the anonymous user identifier feature. This is an important change which may require developers to make changes to their Actions on Google by June 1, 2019. Learn more on Google Developers’ Google+ page: https://plus.google.com/+GoogleDevelopers/posts/ZFWNxv8q8Dx.

Actions on Google testing library

Google has released the Actions on Google testing library for more reliable Actions on Google: https://github.com/actions-on-google/actions-on-google-testing-nodejs. It allows developers to write automated testing for their actions in Node.js. Please note that this library is currently in an alpha, experimental state.

Actions on Google HTTP/JSON API guide

Google has published a new resource for developers who are interested in rolling their own backend implementation without using the client library and want to build fulfillments using HTTP/JSON. Learn more on Google Developers website: https://developers.google.com/actions/build/json/.

Google I/O announcements

For an exhaustive recap of everything Google announced about Google Assistant, Actions on Google, and Google Home, please see the previous article on Google Assistant Medium publication: https://medium.com/google-assistant/google-assistant-google-home-at-google-i-o-a4579ccdc11a.

Conversation design website for Actions on Google

Google launched new conversation design resources for Actions on Google developers: actions.google.com/design. This website will help you craft conversations that are natural and intuitive for users and scale your conversations across all devices to help users wherever they are. Learn more on Google Developers blog: https://developers.googleblog.com/2018/05/new-conversation-design-resources-for.html.

Investment program for early-stage startups

Google announced that they’re creating a new program to invest in early-stage startups that share their passion for creating useful applications for the digital assistant ecosystem. Google is also announcing investments in four companies to help them succeed in the Assistant ecosystem:

Learn more on Google blog: https://www.blog.google/products/assistant/investing-startups-and-future-google-assistant/.