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Re:Google Assistant no longer needs every 'hey' and 'OK' by crooked-v on Thursday June 21, 2018 @02:20PM (#17367893)
"Google" is still an awful key word for voice activation. To me, it seems far too prone to semantic satiation and mushy pronunciation from over-use.
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Re:Google Assistant no longer needs every 'hey' and 'OK' by qqii on Thursday June 21, 2018 @05:51PM (#17369585)
It's use as a verb also makes it feel slightly odd when you refer to it as a noun, compared to Alexa for example which is a name.
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