Google’s iOS app is obtaining a new “simplific” function that uses to make it easier to understand the complex or technical text on the web, all without leaving a web page.
Simplifies the functionality of a quick refinement approach developed by Google Research and uses Gemini to make the text complicated more digestible, without losing key details. Google says that its tests discovered that the simplified text has allowed users to better understand and keep the original information.
By offering an integrated feature like Simplify, Google probably hopes that people remain within its ecosystem of tools and services to ask for help with complex topics, rather than contacting popular third -party tools such as Openi’s chatgpt.
You can use simplify by selecting any text on a web page you are visiting in the Google app and then touching the “simplific” icon that appears. You will then see a simpler version of the text to help you digest your information and allow you to continue reading.
Google’s research blog shares an example of how this function could be. For example, you may come across a passage that reads: “The complex pathology of this condition involves the emphysematous destruction of the pulmonary parenchyma, spreading interstitial fibrosis, changes in the composition of lung immune cells, the increase in the production of immunomodulant factors and the prominent remodeling of the lung tank.”
The simplified text would therefore have read: this complex condition involves damage to the pulmonary tissue from the enfixes, a disease that damages the air bags in the lungs and widespread scars of the lung tissue, called fibrosis. Immune cells in the lungs change and the body produces more immunomodulant factors, substances that control the immune system. The blood vessels in the lungs also change a lot. “
Google says that the idea behind the functionality is to make it easier for people to grasp complex topics that could come across when they try to learn something new on the web.
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“Our goal requires models to paraphrase complex ideas carefully without introducing errors or omitting key details,” said Google in a blog post. “The rewritten text must help the reader understand the demanding material without sacrificing the integrity of the original information.”
Semplify is launching to iOS users this week.
