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I fell for Google Now when I booted my old Nexus to test test something, and Google Now had read through my emails and showed me a tracking status for a UPS pac

I fell for Google Now when I booted my old Nexus to test test something, and Google Now had read through my emails and showed me a tracking status for a UPS package I was expecting. I was pretty jealous of that functionality, but never convinced to go back to Android just for one feature. Now, I really have no reason. It's also pretty telling of something when more iOS devices have Google Now than Android devices do.

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- runjake 14y ago
  Of course he knows it. His comment said he was introduced to Google Now on his Nexus. Google Now requires a minimum of Android 4.1. iOS feels pretty old-fashioned in comparison. Pretty subjective. I feel it's the other way around, with Android feeling old-fashioned, although I really like Android's power. I use both Android and iOS daily.
- sandipc 14y ago
  As you probably know, Google Now is on Jelly Bean and up (Android 4.1+) According to Google's own statistics, just 25% of Android devices [that access the Play store] are on Jelly Bean. Almost 70% are on Ice Cream Sandwich or Gingerbread. http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html Not sure how many iOS devices have the Google Search app installed, but I wouldn't be surprised if the percentage of total iOS devices with Google Now is > 25%...
blhack 14y ago
I had a similar "whoa" moment a couple of weeks ago. Google alerted me that I should leave for Santa Barbara "now". Which was really, really weird for me, since I was already halfway there (from Phoenix). Apparently, it had read through my emails, seen a receipt for sigur ros tickets from ticketmaster, figured out where I was, and already calculated how long it would take me to get there. That is insanely awesome.
- hyperbovine 14y ago
  Or, terrifying. Take your pick :)
- keso 14y ago
  I don't know if Google Now is that clever. If you had an event in a calendar which had something in the "Location"-field it took the location you should be at from there. Still it is a "whoa" moment. :)
  - hrayr 14y ago
    It finds hotel reservations and flight itineraries in your email, and shows cards based off of those as well.
  - commandar 14y ago
    I've had it recognize order confirmations for concert tickets to a show a couple of hours away, parse them, and automatically create a notification with navigation at an appropriate time to leave.
- hnriot 14y ago
  How is it awesome that it told you to leave, when in fact you had already left? Shouldn't it have alerted you before you left?
  - mjmahone17 14y ago
    If she'd forgotten, it would have been an excellent reminder.
  - ceejayoz 14y ago
    I'd guess he left earlier than he strictly had to to make the specific appointment. The "leave now" is presumably just "if you want to be on-time", not "if you want to be on-time and do some antiquing and grab some lunch first".
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dirkgently 14y ago
> It's also pretty telling of something when more iOS devices have Google Now than Android devices do. It's also pretty telling of something when you can make such blind and broad claims when Android is holding significant lead to iOS across the board.

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runjake 14y ago
Of course he knows it. His comment said he was introduced to Google Now on his Nexus. Google Now requires a minimum of Android 4.1. iOS feels pretty old-fashioned in comparison. Pretty subjective. I feel it's the other way around, with Android feeling old-fashioned, although I really like Android's power. I use both Android and iOS daily.
sandipc 14y ago
As you probably know, Google Now is on Jelly Bean and up (Android 4.1+) According to Google's own statistics, just 25% of Android devices [that access the Play store] are on Jelly Bean. Almost 70% are on Ice Cream Sandwich or Gingerbread. http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html Not sure how many iOS devices have the Google Search app installed, but I wouldn't be surprised if the percentage of total iOS devices with Google Now is > 25%...

blhack 14y ago

I had a similar "whoa" moment a couple of weeks ago. Google alerted me that I should leave for Santa Barbara "now". Which was really, really weird for me, since I was already halfway there (from Phoenix). Apparently, it had read through my emails, seen a receipt for sigur ros tickets from ticketmaster, figured out where I was, and already calculated how long it would take me to get there. That is insanely awesome.

hyperbovine 14y ago
Or, terrifying. Take your pick :)
keso 14y ago
I don't know if Google Now is that clever. If you had an event in a calendar which had something in the "Location"-field it took the location you should be at from there. Still it is a "whoa" moment. :)
- hrayr 14y ago
  It finds hotel reservations and flight itineraries in your email, and shows cards based off of those as well.
- commandar 14y ago
  I've had it recognize order confirmations for concert tickets to a show a couple of hours away, parse them, and automatically create a notification with navigation at an appropriate time to leave.
hnriot 14y ago
How is it awesome that it told you to leave, when in fact you had already left? Shouldn't it have alerted you before you left?
- mjmahone17 14y ago
  If she'd forgotten, it would have been an excellent reminder.
- ceejayoz 14y ago
  I'd guess he left earlier than he strictly had to to make the specific appointment. The "leave now" is presumably just "if you want to be on-time", not "if you want to be on-time and do some antiquing and grab some lunch first".
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dirkgently 14y ago

> It's also pretty telling of something when more iOS devices have Google Now than Android devices do. It's also pretty telling of something when you can make such blind and broad claims when Android is holding significant lead to iOS across the board.