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Google should fight back at last years promisses. Where is the feature of calling people automatically on google assistant? Last year they promised they would

Google should fight back at last years promisses. Where is the feature of calling people automatically on google assistant? Last year they promised they would call my hair saloon for me, and it's all BS. Like everything they say every year, it never works in real life. But I see lots of "journalists" praising it, while criticizing Siri as useless. Where is their self driving car too? Never complete, they always promise "it's the next year".

creato 7y ago
> Where is the feature of calling people automatically on google assistant? https://www.androidauthority.com/what-is-google-duplex-869476/ https://www.androidauthority.com/what-is-google-duplex-86947...
- bunnycorn 7y ago
  It simply doesn't work, at all. Prove that it does work. Because it just doesn't exist at all. You pointed to an Android fanboy's site. It's not the reality: https://mashable.com/article/google-io-2018-report-card-duplex-android-pie-gmail-maps/ https://mashable.com/article/google-io-2018-report-card-dupl... This is to put it lightly....
  - briffle 7y ago
    I have been using the call screening feature on my Original Pixel for months now. It works very well. I can't comment on making reservations via phone, since we don't often go to places that require reservations, but the call screening is great.
  - jjulius 7y ago
    You've made this claim a few times in this thread now. Can you please elaborate as to what about Duplex, specifically, has not worked for you? Edit: A quick browse through OP's comment history suggests that s/he might not be US-based. Should that be the case, then it's not that Duplex is flawed, it's that it's simply not available where they live.
kmlx 7y ago
> Where is the feature of calling people automatically on google assistant? already available in 44 states, they’re bringing it to the web. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2019/05/07/google-is-bringing-ai-assistant-duplex-to-the-web/amp/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2019/05/07/goo... > Where is their self driving car too? Never complete, they always promise "it's the next year". there’s zero rush when there’s a chance of killing people. also this: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/5/7/18536003/waymo-lyft-self-driving-ride-hail-app-phoenix https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp...
- bunnycorn 7y ago
  It simply doesn't work in any real life situation. Yes, the problem of self driving cars is they can kill people, that's the whole problem, thing is that google is always promising that "they are here for all", "it's the next year", etc. it's all BS. You don't have a google self driving car, and you didn't book your hairdresser via duplex, and you won't be booking your car or anything through any of this. Those are the facts.
  - bilal4hmed 7y ago
    duplex is available though, have you even tried using it ? can you provide any basis for your "facts" Siri being subpar when compared to Google Assistant is well established.
    - bunnycorn 7y ago
      > Siri Is this about Siri?
      - andromeduck 7y ago
        You're the one who brought it up.
  - deleted 7y ago
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m0zg 7y ago
>> Where is their self driving car too? Waymo is not a car company. They don't have the capability to make an actual car even if the autonomy stuff worked well enough to be used nationwide. Which it does not and will not in the foreseeable future.
- bunnycorn 7y ago
  They promised that we all be driving in self driving cars in 2017. And they announced they partnered with FIAT Chrysler automotive. Google simply doesn't have it. Google sells this BS to journalists, and they sell it to Wall Street. That's only why Google is worth $817B.
  - theDoug 7y ago
    You seem fixated on the word "promise," which I've never once heard said. Assistant calling and Duplex appointment booking were both available within the year, across most of the United States, but you claim neither work.
  - TulliusCicero 7y ago
    Where did they promise it, again? "Company is wrong about release date of cutting edge technology" isn't exactly a new story.
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bovermyer 7y ago
I suspect you're also crying about still not having the jetpack we were promised in the 50s. Vision is imprecise.
kinkrtyavimoodh 7y ago
I downvoted you because you are peddling outright lies. Google Duplex has been launched and you can use it today to book appointments in restaurants that are not on any table booking platform. Have you tried it? If you haven't, please do. If you have, and you still insist on saying it doesn't exist, please explain what it will take to convince you. (Edit: I went through your comment history and your comments pattern match to either a troll or an Apple shill, neither of which are welcome here. Please take this to reddit)
- marnett 7y ago
  Google Duplex is only available in the US, that is less than 5% of the population. HN is a global community - it is entirely believable that GP is unable to use this service that, after a year, is not available outside the US market. Also, please do not accuse people of being trolls. It is against the site guidelines and is not constructive discourse.
  - kinkrtyavimoodh 7y ago
    a) Their comments indicate otherwise. b) They could say that then. Instead they are blaming Google for more or less lying about Duplex, which is quite disrespectful to the people who have actually worked on it. c) If they had expressed disappointment about the service having limited availability, I'd not be here making this point.
  - SquareWheel 7y ago
    >it is entirely believable that GP is unable to use this service They didn't say "it isn't available to me". They said it was "BS" - that is, that it was a lie and isn't a real service. They could have easily verified for themselves this isn't true. They could have even read the linked article which specifically mentions that Duplex did in fact come out.
bunnycorn 7y ago
Looks like I bothered some fanboys, the Earth still rotates around the Sun. I don't have time for people that refuse to accept the truth, and the fact is that "duplex" is not even a shadow of what they promised last year, doesn't matter to anyone but for fanboys because the assistant usage is exactly as you expect: Siri the most used, then Samsung's Bixby then Google's... in a market where Android dominates, it's shameful for Google to lose so clearly at their core competence, so they push so hard for their image as a "cut above the rest" that some people actually believe it. https://www.businessinsider.com/siri-google-assistant-voice-market-share-charts-2018-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/siri-google-assistant-voice-... This is in the US, where Apple only manages a 36% smartphone market share, and google assistant is available on the iPhone, but Siri isn't on non-Apple devices https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-had-the-most-smartphone-activations-in-the-US-in-Q1-2019.418259.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-had-the-most-smartphone-...

creato 7y ago

> Where is the feature of calling people automatically on google assistant? https://www.androidauthority.com/what-is-google-duplex-869476/ https://www.androidauthority.com/what-is-google-duplex-86947...

bunnycorn 7y ago
It simply doesn't work, at all. Prove that it does work. Because it just doesn't exist at all. You pointed to an Android fanboy's site. It's not the reality: https://mashable.com/article/google-io-2018-report-card-duplex-android-pie-gmail-maps/ https://mashable.com/article/google-io-2018-report-card-dupl... This is to put it lightly....
- briffle 7y ago
  I have been using the call screening feature on my Original Pixel for months now. It works very well. I can't comment on making reservations via phone, since we don't often go to places that require reservations, but the call screening is great.
- jjulius 7y ago
  You've made this claim a few times in this thread now. Can you please elaborate as to what about Duplex, specifically, has not worked for you? Edit: A quick browse through OP's comment history suggests that s/he might not be US-based. Should that be the case, then it's not that Duplex is flawed, it's that it's simply not available where they live.

kmlx 7y ago

> Where is the feature of calling people automatically on google assistant? already available in 44 states, they’re bringing it to the web. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2019/05/07/google-is-bringing-ai-assistant-duplex-to-the-web/amp/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2019/05/07/goo... > Where is their self driving car too? Never complete, they always promise "it's the next year". there’s zero rush when there’s a chance of killing people. also this: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/5/7/18536003/waymo-lyft-self-driving-ride-hail-app-phoenix https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp...

bunnycorn 7y ago
It simply doesn't work in any real life situation. Yes, the problem of self driving cars is they can kill people, that's the whole problem, thing is that google is always promising that "they are here for all", "it's the next year", etc. it's all BS. You don't have a google self driving car, and you didn't book your hairdresser via duplex, and you won't be booking your car or anything through any of this. Those are the facts.
- bilal4hmed 7y ago
  duplex is available though, have you even tried using it ? can you provide any basis for your "facts" Siri being subpar when compared to Google Assistant is well established.
  - bunnycorn 7y ago
    > Siri Is this about Siri?
    - andromeduck 7y ago
      You're the one who brought it up.
- deleted 7y ago
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m0zg 7y ago

>> Where is their self driving car too? Waymo is not a car company. They don't have the capability to make an actual car even if the autonomy stuff worked well enough to be used nationwide. Which it does not and will not in the foreseeable future.

bunnycorn 7y ago
They promised that we all be driving in self driving cars in 2017. And they announced they partnered with FIAT Chrysler automotive. Google simply doesn't have it. Google sells this BS to journalists, and they sell it to Wall Street. That's only why Google is worth $817B.
- theDoug 7y ago
  You seem fixated on the word "promise," which I've never once heard said. Assistant calling and Duplex appointment booking were both available within the year, across most of the United States, but you claim neither work.
- TulliusCicero 7y ago
  Where did they promise it, again? "Company is wrong about release date of cutting edge technology" isn't exactly a new story.

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bovermyer 7y ago

I suspect you're also crying about still not having the jetpack we were promised in the 50s. Vision is imprecise.

kinkrtyavimoodh 7y ago

I downvoted you because you are peddling outright lies. Google Duplex has been launched and you can use it today to book appointments in restaurants that are not on any table booking platform. Have you tried it? If you haven't, please do. If you have, and you still insist on saying it doesn't exist, please explain what it will take to convince you. (Edit: I went through your comment history and your comments pattern match to either a troll or an Apple shill, neither of which are welcome here. Please take this to reddit)

marnett 7y ago
Google Duplex is only available in the US, that is less than 5% of the population. HN is a global community - it is entirely believable that GP is unable to use this service that, after a year, is not available outside the US market. Also, please do not accuse people of being trolls. It is against the site guidelines and is not constructive discourse.
- kinkrtyavimoodh 7y ago
  a) Their comments indicate otherwise. b) They could say that then. Instead they are blaming Google for more or less lying about Duplex, which is quite disrespectful to the people who have actually worked on it. c) If they had expressed disappointment about the service having limited availability, I'd not be here making this point.
- SquareWheel 7y ago
  >it is entirely believable that GP is unable to use this service They didn't say "it isn't available to me". They said it was "BS" - that is, that it was a lie and isn't a real service. They could have easily verified for themselves this isn't true. They could have even read the linked article which specifically mentions that Duplex did in fact come out.

bunnycorn 7y ago

Looks like I bothered some fanboys, the Earth still rotates around the Sun. I don't have time for people that refuse to accept the truth, and the fact is that "duplex" is not even a shadow of what they promised last year, doesn't matter to anyone but for fanboys because the assistant usage is exactly as you expect: Siri the most used, then Samsung's Bixby then Google's... in a market where Android dominates, it's shameful for Google to lose so clearly at their core competence, so they push so hard for their image as a "cut above the rest" that some people actually believe it. https://www.businessinsider.com/siri-google-assistant-voice-market-share-charts-2018-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/siri-google-assistant-voice-... This is in the US, where Apple only manages a 36% smartphone market share, and google assistant is available on the iPhone, but Siri isn't on non-Apple devices https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-had-the-most-smartphone-activations-in-the-US-in-Q1-2019.418259.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-had-the-most-smartphone-...