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I have several, along with Google Home too. They all suffer from the same issue: it's awkward to use with third party skills. Unless they are the highly integra
by steeve 8y ago
I have several, along with Google Home too. They all suffer from the same issue: it's awkward to use with third party skills. Unless they are the highly integrated ones (Spotify, Logitech Harmony) in which case it's great.
It's the same for Siri, the API is so restrictive.
The whole "tell XX to YY" isn't convenient.
One workaround on Google Home is to use IFTTT, and in that case you can customize the whole phrase and response, and then it's pretty nice, even though the latency is high.
"-Okay Google, open the blinds -Sure thing Commander" never gets old.
- deanclatworthy 8y agoAbsolutely. Until the voice assistants become a bit more intelligent with the language used to activate them, it feels so rigid and un-natural communicating with them. I don't see a great future for voice assistants in the near future, until we truly solve the problem of intent (in a natural way) and accordingly can respond.
- akhilcacharya 8y ago>The whole "tell XX to YY" isn't convenient. You don't have to do that - the system can usually infer what skill you want from your utterance. [0]. And the "open the blinds" thing can be done on Alexa with a custom routine (Alexa specific IFTT). [0] https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/alexa/post/c870fd31-4f91-4a62-a137-8dfa70ca5e9c/hyprank-how-alexa-determines-what-skill-can-best-meet-a-customer-s-need https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/alexa/post/c870fd31-4f91-... Disclaimer - interned on the team that built this
- Eridrus 8y agoYou don't really need ifttt for this, both platforms have some form of "shortcuts"