I agree with a lot of what you said but wanted to point out that Google Now is actually quite useful and nice to use. I look at it every day for traffic warnin

I agree with a lot of what you said but wanted to point out that Google Now is actually quite useful and nice to use. I look at it every day for traffic warnings, an overview of my schedule, reminders and updates, and interesting stories. I mostly use it in the mornings for practical stuff and during the day when I'm bored for interesting news stories. It's slowly moving into the must have category.