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I don't think we've touched a light switch in our house in eight months due to voice assistant. Kitchen timers, asking spelling of words, doing imperial to metr
by hadlock 7y ago
I don't think we've touched a light switch in our house in eight months due to voice assistant. Kitchen timers, asking spelling of words, doing imperial to metric conversion, getting weather. Sometimes if I'm in an argument with my wife I will have google define the term we're arguing over for dramatic effect, or we'll consult google via voice to clarify something, like the population of the Philippines, for example.
- jacobwilliamroy 7y agoHas the introduction of voice commands to the home had a statistically significant effect on how many arguments you have with your wife? Does she use it as much as you do?
- hadlock 7y agoNo correlation between additional arguments, it's usually politics or public policy or similar; she does actually use it about as much as I do. I would say 75%, which seems especially high even though she's not big in to technology. She's actually been pushing to get a voice control node "home mini" installed in the bedroom for quite a while, and wants a nest thermostat for the next place we move into.
- TheOtherHobbes 7y agoI had voice control set up for the house lights for a few months, and went back to having a manual remote clicker in most of the house and a PIR switch in the pantry. For me at least, button pushing has a lower cognitive load than talking at something.