Re:Amazon’s plan for Alexa
by ahupp on Monday November 11, 2019 @12:42AM
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Google Assistant is amazing and I use it constantly.
Any task that's could be a single voice request, or a single question/answer, is better with voice than pulling out my phone IMO. Examples:
Playing music, getting directions, and sending texts while driving the car.
Controlling music in my house. Its a lot faster to just ask for something than fiddling with my phone. The kids use it for this too (they also do: "Ok google, tell me a story").
Setting timers in the kitchen while I'm cooking. We have some physical timers but inevitably they're hidden somewhere and/or my hands are dirty when I need them.
Asking random questions: "Ok google, what city has the longest name?", "how many cups is 9 tablespoons?" etc. It can answer a shocking fraction of the questions I throw at it.
Playing music, getting directions, and sending texts while driving the car.
Controlling music in my house. Its a lot faster to just ask for something than fiddling with my phone. The kids use it for this too (they also do: "Ok google, tell me a story").
Setting timers in the kitchen while I'm cooking. We have some physical timers but inevitably they're hidden somewhere and/or my hands are dirty when I need them.
Asking random questions: "Ok google, what city has the longest name?", "how many cups is 9 tablespoons?" etc. It can answer a shocking fraction of the questions I throw at it.