# A Closer look at Slices on Android

DevFeed: [A Closer look at Slices on Android](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-closer-look-at-slices-on-android-25649.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://adambennett.dev/2018/05/a-closer-look-at-slices-on-android/>)

Published: 2018-05-31T13:11:02Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Posts on Adam Bennett](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/posts-on-adam-bennett.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [SDK](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdk.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/framework.md>)

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## AI overview

This article examines Android Slices introduced around the Android P Alpha release and explains their relationship to App Actions. It describes how App Actions can connect apps with Google Assistant, Search, and the Play Store, using recognized user intents and app deep links to support queries such as cryptocurrency price requests.

## Source excerpt

In the lead-up to Google IO 2018 and after peering into the Android P Alpha release, some people noticed a mysterious new "Slices" class within the P SDK docs. There was a lot of speculation as to what Slices actually did, and Sebastiano Poggi at Novoda did a great deep-dive into what was known at the time.