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is Siri that bad compared to the other home assistants? from what I've seen at least, it feels pretty similar to google assistant and alexa (which imho is stric

by make3 9y ago

is Siri that bad compared to the other home assistants? from what I've seen at least, it feels pretty similar to google assistant and alexa (which imho is strictly worse than google assistant, but that's just an opinion)

SirHound 9y ago
I can’t speak for the other voice assistants but I use Siri purely for setting timers. If I try to ask anything remotely more adventurous it’s a crapshoot. Something as simple as “Hey Siri turn the living room lights off” is often turned into a full discussion because it misheard “turn” and is too stupid to infer it from the rest of the sentence.
- briandear 9y ago
  Try this: “Hey Siri, how do you say ‘what is the correct voltage for this outlet?’ in French?” The real time translation for the 5 or so supported languages is pretty incredible. I use it when I can’t think of the correct French to use if I have a worker visit my house (like an electrician, etc.)
Spooky23 9y ago
I think Siri is better than Alexa, worse than Google. Apple’s lockdown on the api makes it less useful in some ways, but I think it handles queries better. Alexa seems formulaic to me. Google is under appreciated — imo its way more capable. HomePod Siri is dumber, which 10x the irritation.
- jacksmith21006 9y ago
  Would agree. We started with the Echo and replaced with the Google home.
tbassetto 9y ago
I have never tried Alexa. While I am quite invested in Apple's ecosystem, I also have a Google Home and the Google Assistant is MUCH better than Siri. It understands my non-native English accent much better and also understands way more different requests.
baldfat 9y ago
https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/03/05/smart-speaker-assistants-compared-siri-vs-alexa-vs-google-assistant https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/03/05/smart-speaker-ass... I would say Siri has been the worst of the three. Even an Apple centrist website shows how they are falling short.

by make3 9y ago

SirHound 9y ago

I can’t speak for the other voice assistants but I use Siri purely for setting timers. If I try to ask anything remotely more adventurous it’s a crapshoot. Something as simple as “Hey Siri turn the living room lights off” is often turned into a full discussion because it misheard “turn” and is too stupid to infer it from the rest of the sentence.

briandear 9y ago
Try this: “Hey Siri, how do you say ‘what is the correct voltage for this outlet?’ in French?” The real time translation for the 5 or so supported languages is pretty incredible. I use it when I can’t think of the correct French to use if I have a worker visit my house (like an electrician, etc.)

Spooky23 9y ago

I think Siri is better than Alexa, worse than Google. Apple’s lockdown on the api makes it less useful in some ways, but I think it handles queries better. Alexa seems formulaic to me. Google is under appreciated — imo its way more capable. HomePod Siri is dumber, which 10x the irritation.

jacksmith21006 9y ago
Would agree. We started with the Echo and replaced with the Google home.

tbassetto 9y ago

I have never tried Alexa. While I am quite invested in Apple's ecosystem, I also have a Google Home and the Google Assistant is MUCH better than Siri. It understands my non-native English accent much better and also understands way more different requests.

baldfat 9y ago

https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/03/05/smart-speaker-assistants-compared-siri-vs-alexa-vs-google-assistant https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/03/05/smart-speaker-ass... I would say Siri has been the worst of the three. Even an Apple centrist website shows how they are falling short.