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Question - how many of you use google now's voice functionality, vs the inbuilt push notifications/card interfaces? A lot of comments here focus on the latter,
by viksit 11y ago
Question - how many of you use google now's voice functionality, vs the inbuilt push notifications/card interfaces? A lot of comments here focus on the latter, but I'm surprised not many mentioned the former.
To me, siri/cortana are aiming to be the method of conversational interaction for your phone in the future whereas Now is trying to be the intelligent/interactive notifications platform.
That seems like the fundamental difference.
- eitally 11y agoIt's only been in the most recent update to Google's mobile app that they started defaulting suggested voice queries into the search box. Before that, it's really challenging from a discoverability pov to figure out what exactly you can ask Google. And some things are just clumsy. Try asking it to call someone, for example, if you have multiple phone numbers for them.
- untog 11y agoI agree, and I'm very glad that Google Now is doing the latter. I have no desire to interact with my phone by voice and honestly, every time I've tried it I've been deeply underwhelmed. Maybe it's because I live in a city where no-one drives - I can see it being useful while driving. Presenting cards/notifications about something before I ask for it will always be a superior interface to one that requires you to act, IMO.