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I wonder what the future of Siri and Google assistant looks like.

• shagie 4y ago
  Siri is mostly following a different model of being an interface to installed applications or devices recognized by HomeKit that offer specific functionality. Alexa, Google, and Cortana are interfaces to cloud computing that relays commands out to another service. This different focus changes the "what is it good for" and "what does it cost to run" and "how is it being monetized?" If you are using the cloud and trying to monetize compute in the cloud... that can get expensive. You have something that you want to be a profit center that is not making a profit at all. On the other hand, if you are trying to provide an easier interface to already monetized it is a cost center that you may like to make smaller (e.g. on device speech to text) but its seen as a value added to the existing devices and ecosystem. And so my prediction is "Siri is just fine but will only get 'smarter' as local devices get more powerful." I don't use enough google services to have a feel for how the voice on their system is used (I have a google home device that has been turned off for several years since all it would do its read back to be the top result of a search and... well... that's boring).