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Apple has a knack for choosing the right interface for the task at hand (digital crown, multitouch, iPod wheel, mouse, etc). Are there any examples of Alphabet succesfully coming up with an original interface to solve a real problem other than google.com?

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> Are there any examples of Alphabet succesfully coming up with an original interface to solve a real problem other than google.com

I'd say Google Now cards are pretty original interface and they are downright magical. Google already knows the time & place of an appointment I have across town, it also knows that traffic is getting pretty bad on the possible routes, so it tells me (without me asking) to leave much earlier than I had planned.

Well multitouch was available on the first gen android handsets but Apple's patents prevented them from using it for a couple of years.

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