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I have never understood the appeal of smart speakers. A smart speaker can't do anything that a smartphone can't already do, and I have that on my person at all
by hannasanarion 5y ago
I have never understood the appeal of smart speakers. A smart speaker can't do anything that a smartphone can't already do, and I have that on my person at all times.
Spotify sent me a google home for free, and in a year I have only intentionally used it once or twice, and I think on one of those occasions my phone answered the wakeword first, so what even is the point? 99% of the times it waked were responding to me telling someone "okay cool", or my cat stepping on it. A few months ago it went in the old dead electronics pile, and a few weeks ago that pile went to a recycler, hopefully the metals in it can be turned into something actually useful.
- c22 5y agoI know several older people who refuse to reckon with modern phones (or, in one case, a cellular phone at all) but who have accepted "smart" speakers into their homes. I am not a fan of things that are always listening but I do appreciate the effort to bring "smartphone utility" to other objects/interfaces.
- bobsmooth 5y agoI got a Google Home Mini for the sole purpose of being able to turn off the lights when I'm on the couch, about to fall asleep.
- hannasanarion 5y agoOk, I'm with you, but this is the thing that confuses me: why don't you use the voice assistant feature of your phone to do that? Why do you need an additional device?
- bobsmooth 5y agoThat requires grabbing and lifting my phone, it also requires my phone to be in reach.