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Think about the type of deep integration that Apple-owned Siri has on iPhones, or Google-owned Gmail has on stock Android phones, for instance. Those apps oper
by fpgeek 12y ago
Think about the type of deep integration that Apple-owned
Siri has on iPhones, or Google-owned Gmail has on stock
Android phones, for instance. Those apps operate much more
contextually and fluidly, and far more powerfully, on
those phones than 3rd-party apps downloaded from an app
store would.
While I understand the point about Siri, Gmail (of all the Google apps)
seems like a terrible example of the same thing on the Android side (Maps and
its incestuous relationship with Play Services might be a better fit). What does
Gmail do that Microsoft's Outlook app couldn't do if Microsoft were willing to
invest the effort? Maybe I'm missing a feature I don't use, but the best I can
come up with is being bundled with the device, but even there if Microsoft struck
a deal with, say, Verizon, I don't think there's much Google could do about it.
- jankeromnes 12y agoI think a better example for Google's deep integration into android is the "Google Search app" (previously "Google Now") that is sort of a Siri-equivalent: you can talk to it, it can manage your phone, send emails, create new alarms, manage your calendar, assist your transit, even change the temperature at home if you have Nest. Worth noting that this type of deep integration is totally possible with the Web: you can use many APIs like voice recognition, alarms, etc. "3rd-party apps" from the web can very well integrate deeply with your device, if you allow them.