Adapting client application of feature phone based on experiment parameters

A client device comprising:

• memory storing instructions;
• one or more processors executing the stored instructions to:
• during an instance of a client application executing on the client device, interface with a remote update server to fetch updated core content for a core component of the client application;
• store, during the instance, the updated core content in a pending cache of the client device, without storing the updated core content in a live cache and without implementing of the updated core content by the executing client application;
• close the client application responsive to an occurrence of a closing condition, wherein closing the client application terminates the instance;
• subsequent to storing the updated core content in the pending cache, and subsequent to closing the client application:
• receive a request to open the client application, the request being a first request, to open the client application, after termination of the instance;
• in response to receiving the request, execute a shell component of the client application;
• by the shell component of the client application, and prior to loading the core component of the client application responsive to the request:
• determine that the pending cache includes the updated core content;
• responsive to determining that the pending cache includes the updated core content:
• transfer the updated core content to the live cache of the client device;
• by the shell component, and after transferring the updated core content to the live cache:
• load the core component using the updated core content from the live cache;
• and
• use the core component, loaded with the updated core content, in generating responsive content responsive to one or more user interface inputs received at the client device.

A method performed at least in part by one or more processors of a client device, the method comprising:

• responsive to an automated assistant client application, of the client device, being invoked:
• processing audio data, detected by one or more microphones of the client device, using a speech-to-text processor to generate a transcription of a spoken utterance captured in the audio data;
• determining whether a text entry field, of an additional application that is in addition to the assistant client application and that was executing at the client device when the automated assistant application was invoked, was active when the automated assistant application was invoked;
• determining, based at least in part on whether the text entry filed was active, whether the request is a transcription request or is a structured assistant request;
• in response to determining the request is the transcription request:
• causing the transcription to be automatically incorporated into the text entry field;
• in response to determining the request is the structured assistant request:
• determining responsive assistant content that is responsive to the transcription and that includes additional information that is in addition to the transcription.