There are many handy voice-activated programs and games on Google Assistant, including several that are helpful for parents with young children. Google has supported reading books on Google Assistant devices for the past few years, but now most of them are gone, with Disney stories removed from Little Golden Books.
Marked by Android Police, Google recently updated one of its support pages to note that many of the Little Golden books read for Google Assistant are no longer available. The company only lists the books that are available, which include:
- Aladdin
- lion king
- Frozen
- Frozen 2
What has been removed? Three times which is actually available. Twelve books have been removed, with one book no longer on Google’s list but still active. However, all 17 books are still listed as compatible on Disney’s website. The list of titles before February 23 included The Three Little Pigs, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Coco, Jack Jack Attack, Moana, Toy Story 3, Peter Pan, Mulan, Mickey Mouse and his Spaceship, Mickey’s Christmas Carol, Mickey Mouse Goes Christmas . Shopping, and Ara the Star Engineer. The last one is still available when requested on Google Assistant speakers and smart screens.
Previously, you accessed all 17 of these books via Assistant with commands such as “Hello Google, let’s read with Disney.” Then you can pick a book and start reading, but now most of the books are gone.
At this stage, it is unclear why these titles were removed. Google, Disney and Little Golden have rocked this library in the past, but this time the most titles have been completely removed. It’s possible that it’s just a license issue, but we’ll have to wait and see.
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