Tag: siri
The difference between Google Assistant and Siri
BirchTree reported on the difference between Google Assistant and Siri. The tech narrative is that Siri sucks and Google Assistant is the second coming. I have been using Siri for years, and have been going 100% in on Android over the last few weeks and have given Google Assistant a solid effort. My experience has…
Siri is getting faster
John Gruber wrote about Siri’s improvements. I’ve noticed over the past year that Siri is getting faster — both at parsing spoken input and returning results. I use iOS’s voice-to-text dictation feature on a near-daily basis, and it’s especially noticeable there. I’ve been using a Moto X running Android 5.0 the past few weeks, so…
Apple’s smart dock to allow devices to access Siri
Apple Insider reports on an Apple patent application for a smart dock that allows Siri to be used while the device is docked. Apple’s “Smart dock for activating a voice recognition mode of a portable electronic device” filing clearly describes an iOS device accessory unlike anything the company has manufactured. Like third-party peripherals, Apple’s proposed…