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I really hope it's not Alexa. My brother's Alexa will say stuff like "Sorry, I don't understand 'turn living room light off'" even though the "turn living room
by zamalek 9y ago
I really hope it's not Alexa.
My brother's Alexa will say stuff like "Sorry, I don't understand 'turn living room light off'" even though the "turn living room light on" command worked five minutes prior. Repeating back exactly what Alexa didn't understand works the second or third time. "Unpolished" doesn't do the platform justice.
My Google Home is accurate, even though open doors and with the TV on. The Pixel 2 seems to yield control to Home just fine (which was a problem with my Pixel 1). The voice itself sounds slightly more natural and friendly - I sometimes find myself holding back a "thank you."
Has anyone had any contradictory experiences to my own?
- WrtCdEvrydy 9y agoI always thank the AIs when I do a command... I hope skynet takes that as a positive when deciding how to get rid of me.
- FreakyT 9y agoSo do I! I'm always disappointed that my Google Home isn't capable of acknowledging a "thank you". I feel like it should be possible for it to achieve something like this (with a "no problem" response) without requiring additional communication with the cloud.
- lgleason 9y agoI have both. Honestly they both have strengths and weaknesses. There are devices on my smart home that Google Home has trouble with with voice commands and there are devices that Alexa is not good with. I personally like the Google cast functionality with the Google devices vs Alexa which can control music, but has no tone controls and no way to readily get digital audio out of it, but the failures of the Google devices are frequent enough to need to the Alexa as a backup.