You might not be aware but you've been able to control an Android phone by voice for quite a long time, it's just not very good at it.. There was also GOOG-411

You might not be aware but you've been able to control an Android phone by voice for quite a long time, it's just not very good at it.. There was also GOOG-411, where you dialled a phone number then interacted with google search by voice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOOG-411 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOOG-411 Siri isn't innovative in the sense of being a new concept, it's just much better than what came before.