On the other hand, in my experience most of the people who complain about voice operated AI being useless have been found using Siri. Google Assistant on the other hand works really great for me, and I use it all the time (in my phone, and with Google Home). I find it amazingly useful that I can ask my phone to check the time, my next meetings, while I'm shaving/taking bath/cooking or I'm just feeling lazy to get up and pick up the phone. Also, it is useful in setting reminders which I do a lot. I also send whatsapp/text messages using it or play YouTube videos/google play music just by asking the song I want. Sure, sometimes it doesn't recognize, but most of the times it does. It's incredible value addition for me. Just being able to ask a question in my natural voice without manually unlocking using a PIN etc. is so useful.