{"id":303047,"date":"2017-03-19T17:43:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T17:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=303047"},"modified":"2017-03-19T17:43:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-19T17:43:54","slug":"google-pulls-beauty-and-the-beast-ad-from-homepage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/google-pulls-beauty-and-the-beast-ad-from-homepage\/","title":{"rendered":"Google pulls Beauty and the Beast ‘ad’ from Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"
Google has removed audio about the movie Beauty and the Beast which played out unprompted on Google Home.<\/p>\n
“By the way, Disney’s live action Beauty and the Beast opens today,” the smart speaker said after listing the time, weather and travel update.<\/p>\n
In a video posted on Twitter, it then talked about the plot and suggested asking it about main character Belle for “more movie fun”.<\/p>\n
Google denied that the material on Home was an advertisement.<\/p>\n
It appeared as part of a “My Day” feature where the digital assistant provides an update which can include calendar events and news bulletins.<\/p>\n
“This wasn’t intended to be an ad,” said a spokeswoman.<\/p>\n
“What’s circulating online was a part of our My Day feature, where after providing helpful information about your day, we sometimes call out timely content.<\/p>\n
“We’re continuing to experiment with new ways to surface unique content for users and we could have done better in this case.”<\/p>\n