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Re:Voice Is the Next Big Platform, and Alexa Will Own It by demonshalo on Monday December 19, 2016 @06:13PM (#13215845)
much powerful maybe, but not much faster.
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Re:Voice Is the Next Big Platform, and Alexa Will Own It by freehunter on Monday December 19, 2016 @09:36PM (#13216960)
Even using Siri, which everyone can agree is terrible, having her set a timer using voice is much, much faster than picking up your phone, unlocking it, navigating to the Clock app, switching to the right tab of the app, then setting a timer.

"Hey Siri, set a timer for fifteen minutes". Done.

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Re:Voice Is the Next Big Platform, and Alexa Will Own It by r00fus on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @02:37AM (#13218154)
That's a bit disingenuous. iOS command center swipe up, timer button and it'll remember your last setting. Works faster than voice for the most common use case.
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Re:Voice Is the Next Big Platform, and Alexa Will Own It by pswilson14 on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @01:13PM (#13222363)
You aren't including the time it takes to find your phone, pull it out, maybe unlock it, and THEN do the steps you describe.

That's friction, and that's where these frictionless interfaces step in.

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Re:Voice Is the Next Big Platform, and Alexa Will Own It by freehunter on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @08:34AM (#13219591)
>That's a bit disingenuous

People love to misuse that word.

I just tried it with best case scenarios, and it's still a second or so faster using voice (1.5 seconds) vs control center (3 seconds). I mean, voice is literally just yell out "hey siri set a timer for 15 minutes" and that ends the interaction. Done, just like that.

If you're changing the time that is set, it's significantly longer.

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