‘OK Google, give everybody in America a free speaker’

Re:‘OK Google, give everybody in America a free speaker’ by IronWolve on Thursday June 28, 2018 @02:00PM (#17419096)

Cable had a voice remote that was cool, but I'm a cord cutter, I canceled cable. My phone has voice apps, but I disable them. I dont need to speak to my google/amazon apps.

My Win10 gaming PC has M$ Cortana, but I disabled that. My hdtv is old but I watch most my content on my PC. Seems most new TV's now are voice enabled.

My Car is the only place I use voice, voice dialing.

Wonder how many people really need or want voice-enabled speakers in their homes.

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Re:‘OK Google, give everybody in America a free speaker’ by maxshmax on Thursday June 28, 2018 @02:02PM (#17419119)

I'm not a huge fan of voice either, but I find this stat fascinating. Why wouldn't Google just put one in every home for free. Who would go Amazon at that point (not to say one is better than the other).

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Re:‘OK Google, give everybody in America a free speaker’ by Sir_Substance on Thursday June 28, 2018 @03:27PM (#17419755)

>Who would go Amazon at that point

People who want to buy things other than nexus phones? Google isn't a retailer of anything except their own hardware as far as I know. Is something very different in the USA on this front?

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Re:‘OK Google, give everybody in America a free speaker’ by maxshmax on Thursday June 28, 2018 @03:29PM (#17419761)

I should have clarified better - who would go to Amazon for their voice products, e.g., Alexa

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Re:‘OK Google, give everybody in America a free speaker’ by Sir_Substance on Thursday June 28, 2018 @03:57PM (#17419973)

For that I have no idea. I don't understand why anyone would have voice products in their house. If google gave me a free home mini I would drop it in the bin without a second thought.

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