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Ok Google has been a massive disappointment every time I've tried to use it. I tried "next song" while in Google Maps and it marked Exxon along the route. Then

Ok Google has been a massive disappointment every time I've tried to use it. I tried "next song" while in Google Maps and it marked Exxon along the route. Then it played a song in a streaming app by "Max," wasting my data and making me close the streaming app I didn't even know I had and restart the music I wanted. "Next" turned out to work a bit better but it took multiple tries.

powercow 8y ago
Really? I find it very accurate and helpful, but that could be because i come from siri hell. Which couldnt ever seem to get it right, especially using gps. though i can easily see with background noise, next song sounding like exxon. I think due to frustrations with siri, i talk to google in very clearly enunciated words and havent had any interesting failures yet.
komali2 8y ago
I remember switching to Android way back whenever the iPhone 3gs was "second-best" iPhone (was the 4 the next?), from the 3gs. The 3gs had perfectly functional "play my xyz playlist", "next song," "play songs by artist" functionality, and to this day I don't understand why it took so long for Google to implement it, and why the implementation is so shitty.
- chalkandpaste 8y ago
  The issue is google doesn't care about they're users. As long as it's good enough to keep the data-gravy-train going.
  - jfoutz 8y ago
    Well, it’s probably not that bad. I think it’s more like google makes everything work ok, apple tries to really nail core functionality and let the rest slide. Music interaction is a great example of the trade off.
  - anyzen 8y ago
    Not sure why you're being downvoted. Google has different business model than Apple and expecting it to care about user experience in the same way simply doesn't make sense. And yes, they mostly care about data, because that's what they're good at - collecting data, analyzing it and turning it into profit.

powercow 8y ago

Really? I find it very accurate and helpful, but that could be because i come from siri hell. Which couldnt ever seem to get it right, especially using gps. though i can easily see with background noise, next song sounding like exxon. I think due to frustrations with siri, i talk to google in very clearly enunciated words and havent had any interesting failures yet.

komali2 8y ago

I remember switching to Android way back whenever the iPhone 3gs was "second-best" iPhone (was the 4 the next?), from the 3gs. The 3gs had perfectly functional "play my xyz playlist", "next song," "play songs by artist" functionality, and to this day I don't understand why it took so long for Google to implement it, and why the implementation is so shitty.

chalkandpaste 8y ago
The issue is google doesn't care about they're users. As long as it's good enough to keep the data-gravy-train going.
- jfoutz 8y ago
  Well, it’s probably not that bad. I think it’s more like google makes everything work ok, apple tries to really nail core functionality and let the rest slide. Music interaction is a great example of the trade off.
- anyzen 8y ago
  Not sure why you're being downvoted. Google has different business model than Apple and expecting it to care about user experience in the same way simply doesn't make sense. And yes, they mostly care about data, because that's what they're good at - collecting data, analyzing it and turning it into profit.