The Google Finance web app is getting a major overhaul with an emphasis on AI. This redesign includes an AI-powered chatbot, which will answer finance-based queries and provide relevant links. Here’s hoping the chatbot will keep hallucinations to a minimum, given that people use the app to make financial decisions with real world consequences.
The platform is also introducing new charting tools that the company says should help users understand asset performance. There will be options to view technical indicators and candlestick charts.
Google boasts that the app will soon feature a broader range of market data. This includes an increased emphasis on cryptocurrencies. The app will also display an “up-to-the-minute” live news feed, which should be a decent resource for tracking market fluctuations.
However, not everyone wants to use a chatbot to make major financial decisions. The update includes a toggle that reverts everything back to the traditional Google Finance design. It begins rolling out to US customers in the coming weeks.
This is just the latest app in Google’s roster that is getting stuffed to the gills with AI. We all know about Gemini’s hold on search, but the company’s various productivity apps like Docs and Sheets have all gotten AI tools to some degree. The same goes for the Discover feature of the Google app.
