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What voice assistant features do you miss? I've never used Android so I'm curious.

aylmao 7y ago
In my experience Google Assistant has better voice recognition and seems to be faster. I've had it recognize things like titles for songs, which are easy to mix up.
hart_russell 7y ago
I can't give you specific examples off the top of my head, but in general use I found the Google Assistant to be much "smarter" and have responses to a wide range of queries
peteretep 7y ago
Once I had Alexa in my home I stopped asking Siri for anything ever
- bashwizard 7y ago
  Siri is probably pissed as fuck. I'd sleep with one eye open if I were you.
  - vermilingua 7y ago
    This still isn’t reddit.
usefulcat 7y ago
I use it all the time to set reminders. "Ok Google. At 2 PM next Tuesday remind me to <insert pretty much anything here>".
- 2arrs2ells 7y ago
  Siri works just fine for setting reminders.
  - jacobsenscott 7y ago
    "Siri, remind me to buy milk tomorrow." - "Ok. Calling mom" or some other random action is more typical of siri.
    - skinnymuch 7y ago
      Anecdotally that has rarely been the case for me or people I know for simple requests like that. At least in 2019 with devices from the past couple of years
    - dijit 7y ago
      This is a really bad example because I do that one myself a lot and it works perfectly well with siri. Google assistant is better with more context “give me cycling directions to work, avoid going down Lexington”
- sib 7y ago
  I use Siri to do the same. Is it an issue of better ASR or NLP that makes the difference for you?
  - a254613e 7y ago
    Google assistant is so much better to look up information and understand what you want. I use Alexa, Siri, and google assistant. And others don't come even close to assistant when it comes to understanding what you mean and the context. Or even understanding what I've said. You can ask it stuff like "What's the name of the blonde actress from that new tarantino movie" and you will get the result (works on google.com too), then you can ask follow up questions about her. This also carries over into setting reminders, controlling smart home devices. "Set a timer", "No, you know what, cancel it". It feels like talking to a person. And it sounds more like a person too. The ONLY reason I use assistant the least of the 3, is the wake word.
    - sib 7y ago
      Sure, agreed, but GP was saying that (s)he 'use[s] it all the time to set reminders. "Ok Google. At 2 PM next Tuesday remind me to <insert pretty much anything here>".' I find that Siri is perfectly capable of creating reminders like this (as is Alexa), so wondered about that. Google Assistant is definitely better about information retrieval (although, yes, the wake phrase is horrible...)

In my experience Google Assistant has better voice recognition and seems to be faster. I've had it recognize things like titles for songs, which are easy to mix up.

hart_russell 7y ago

I can't give you specific examples off the top of my head, but in general use I found the Google Assistant to be much "smarter" and have responses to a wide range of queries

peteretep 7y ago

Once I had Alexa in my home I stopped asking Siri for anything ever

bashwizard 7y ago
Siri is probably pissed as fuck. I'd sleep with one eye open if I were you.
- vermilingua 7y ago
  This still isn’t reddit.

usefulcat 7y ago

I use it all the time to set reminders. "Ok Google. At 2 PM next Tuesday remind me to <insert pretty much anything here>".

2arrs2ells 7y ago
Siri works just fine for setting reminders.
- jacobsenscott 7y ago
  "Siri, remind me to buy milk tomorrow." - "Ok. Calling mom" or some other random action is more typical of siri.
  - skinnymuch 7y ago
    Anecdotally that has rarely been the case for me or people I know for simple requests like that. At least in 2019 with devices from the past couple of years
  - dijit 7y ago
    This is a really bad example because I do that one myself a lot and it works perfectly well with siri. Google assistant is better with more context “give me cycling directions to work, avoid going down Lexington”
sib 7y ago
I use Siri to do the same. Is it an issue of better ASR or NLP that makes the difference for you?
- a254613e 7y ago
  Google assistant is so much better to look up information and understand what you want. I use Alexa, Siri, and google assistant. And others don't come even close to assistant when it comes to understanding what you mean and the context. Or even understanding what I've said. You can ask it stuff like "What's the name of the blonde actress from that new tarantino movie" and you will get the result (works on google.com too), then you can ask follow up questions about her. This also carries over into setting reminders, controlling smart home devices. "Set a timer", "No, you know what, cancel it". It feels like talking to a person. And it sounds more like a person too. The ONLY reason I use assistant the least of the 3, is the wake word.
  - sib 7y ago
    Sure, agreed, but GP was saying that (s)he 'use[s] it all the time to set reminders. "Ok Google. At 2 PM next Tuesday remind me to <insert pretty much anything here>".' I find that Siri is perfectly capable of creating reminders like this (as is Alexa), so wondered about that. Google Assistant is definitely better about information retrieval (although, yes, the wake phrase is horrible...)