New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- Google has seemingly grown tired of the need to summon AI assistants like Gemini using hotword or button press and is reportedly working on a new way to summon the chatbot.

As per a report by Android Headlines, citing a new patent, Google is working on a technology that will automatically launch the AI assistant when the phone senses it is close to user's face.

Reportedly, the technology takes advantage of the existing hardware on smartphone i.e. the capacitive sensor grid used by the touchscreen. The sensors are responsible for detecting finger touches using changes in the electrical field. However, Google seems to have figured out that these sensors can also be used to sense nearby objects like your face or hand e...