Google Is Filling In the Missing Pieces With Mobile Flight-Delay Notifications

Nearly a year ago, Google began providing flight delay predictions, but in the next few weeks it plans on taking its services a step further: Google said its Google Assistant service will begin sending notifications on mobile when it predicts travelers fights will be delayed — and to offer reasons for the foul-ups. Google Assistant, which is available on Android and iOS phones, as well as Google Home, might send out a notification predicting that a traveler's flight will be subject to a 30-minute delay because the incoming flight is tardy, but the passenger should still be on time or not, wrote Google's Richard Holden, vice president of product management for travel, in a blog post. Google presumably knows whether travelers are booke