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Wouldnt you prefer a competent Siri that you can turn off? Gemini on android just works. I can ask it nearly anything in spoken natural language and it'll talk

by aydyn 10mo ago

Wouldnt you prefer a competent Siri that you can turn off? Gemini on android just works. I can ask it nearly anything in spoken natural language and it'll talk back with an answer.

dmonitor 10mo ago
Siri can answer questions just fine. It's the "doing stuff" that introduces complications
happymellon 10mo ago
I use the phone voice assistants to set timers, and call people when I'm driving. It is objectively worse at calling people than Assistant was. If I ask you to call someone, don't come up with a scolling list of phone numbers that I have to pick from. At least Assistant called the primary designated number for someone, Gemini just froze and wouldn't take voice commands to pick the number but forced my to pick up my phone. I turned that bullshit off a couple of days after they forced it on me without asking.
SXX 10mo ago
How is Gemini on iPhone is diffetent though? Do you really use AI as assistant on the phone for anything other than fancy way to set an alarm clock? I mean not for looking up the information, but for something that alter how you use phone.
bigstrat2003 10mo ago
> Gemini on android just works. Unless you want to turn it off, which I haven't been able to figure out how to do. Every now and then my phone will randomly prompt me to "ask Gemini", which is really annoying. When I want to use the LLM, I will go to it, stop shoving it in my face over and over.
- nutjob2 10mo ago
  Just turn off Google Assistant stuff. It's always been annoying and useless to me and I've always turned it off.
  - couscouspie 10mo ago
    I can't turn it off on my Samsung Galaxy S23 which I originally bought, because it was not marketed with AI. The patched it in later and ever since it just randomly starts as if it was listening all the time.
FridgeSeal 10mo ago
I can count on one hand, the number of times where I have gone “gosh, I so wish my voice assistant was better”. It queues up music correctly, and picks the right destination on maps in my car. 98% use case satisfied. Would I like it to be better? Don’t really care. Is it a purchasing point? Nope. Would I miss it if it disappeared tomorrow? Also nope.
- signatoremo 10mo ago
  A better voice assistant is a major selling point for me. I need glasses to use my phone. Messages, email, purchases, directions, constantly. A good voice commands would be godsend. Siri doesn’t work very well
stephenr 10mo ago
I use Siri for about four or five things: - setting a timer; - sending a text; - starting a call; - adding an item to a shopping list; - playing/controlling music (very occasionally); Siri does all of these with 95% accuracy. Occasionally it mishears "15 minutes" as "50 minutes" if I'm rushed or something. You use the device however it works for you, but I truly cannot comprehend the use case of a voice assistant beyond these type of tasks. More complex tasks would likely require more concentration on the response/result, at which point I shouldn't need to do it hands free.
- enos_feedler 10mo ago
  Apple’s analytics probably support this which is exactly why siri still sucks. But ya, everyone will continue to think they somehow know better and apple is wrong and poorly executing
  - stephenr 10mo ago
    > which is exactly why siri still sucks It probably does what most people need it to do, so it sucks? That's some interesting logic to say the least.
Xiol 10mo ago
Is the answer correct?

by aydyn 10mo ago

Wouldnt you prefer a competent Siri that you can turn off? Gemini on android just works. I can ask it nearly anything in spoken natural language and it'll talk back with an answer.

dmonitor 10mo ago

Siri can answer questions just fine. It's the "doing stuff" that introduces complications

happymellon 10mo ago

I use the phone voice assistants to set timers, and call people when I'm driving. It is objectively worse at calling people than Assistant was. If I ask you to call someone, don't come up with a scolling list of phone numbers that I have to pick from. At least Assistant called the primary designated number for someone, Gemini just froze and wouldn't take voice commands to pick the number but forced my to pick up my phone. I turned that bullshit off a couple of days after they forced it on me without asking.

SXX 10mo ago

How is Gemini on iPhone is diffetent though? Do you really use AI as assistant on the phone for anything other than fancy way to set an alarm clock? I mean not for looking up the information, but for something that alter how you use phone.

bigstrat2003 10mo ago

> Gemini on android just works. Unless you want to turn it off, which I haven't been able to figure out how to do. Every now and then my phone will randomly prompt me to "ask Gemini", which is really annoying. When I want to use the LLM, I will go to it, stop shoving it in my face over and over.

nutjob2 10mo ago
Just turn off Google Assistant stuff. It's always been annoying and useless to me and I've always turned it off.
- couscouspie 10mo ago
  I can't turn it off on my Samsung Galaxy S23 which I originally bought, because it was not marketed with AI. The patched it in later and ever since it just randomly starts as if it was listening all the time.

FridgeSeal 10mo ago

I can count on one hand, the number of times where I have gone “gosh, I so wish my voice assistant was better”. It queues up music correctly, and picks the right destination on maps in my car. 98% use case satisfied. Would I like it to be better? Don’t really care. Is it a purchasing point? Nope. Would I miss it if it disappeared tomorrow? Also nope.

signatoremo 10mo ago
A better voice assistant is a major selling point for me. I need glasses to use my phone. Messages, email, purchases, directions, constantly. A good voice commands would be godsend. Siri doesn’t work very well

stephenr 10mo ago

I use Siri for about four or five things: - setting a timer; - sending a text; - starting a call; - adding an item to a shopping list; - playing/controlling music (very occasionally); Siri does all of these with 95% accuracy. Occasionally it mishears "15 minutes" as "50 minutes" if I'm rushed or something. You use the device however it works for you, but I truly cannot comprehend the use case of a voice assistant beyond these type of tasks. More complex tasks would likely require more concentration on the response/result, at which point I shouldn't need to do it hands free.

enos_feedler 10mo ago
Apple’s analytics probably support this which is exactly why siri still sucks. But ya, everyone will continue to think they somehow know better and apple is wrong and poorly executing
- stephenr 10mo ago
  > which is exactly why siri still sucks It probably does what most people need it to do, so it sucks? That's some interesting logic to say the least.

Xiol 10mo ago

Is the answer correct?