{"id":967,"date":"2022-11-14T09:37:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T14:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ayling.tech\/blog\/?p=967"},"modified":"2023-06-03T11:47:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T16:47:08","slug":"siri-and-google-assistant-for-a-brit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shortbooks.online\/blog\/2022\/siri-and-google-assistant-for-a-brit\/","title":{"rendered":"Siri and Google Assistant for a Brit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As some of you may know, I recently moved from a Google Pixel 5 to my first Apple iPhone<\/a> (14 Pro Max). As part of \u00feat<\/a> transition, I have moved from Google Assistant to Apple’s Siri voice assistant. In the press there is a lot of commentary suggesting \u00feat Google Assistant is better \u00fean \u00fee offering from Apple (or Amazon), so I \u00feought (thought) I would give you a comparison of Siri and Google Assistant for a Brit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You could consider \u00fee accuracy and usefulness of \u00fee results of \u00fee various voice assistant’s on \u00fee market. But it could be argued \u00feat it is more important that your voice assistant understands you in the first place. A more detailed or specific answer to a question you did not ask, is not as helpful as a relevant link to \u00fee answer for a question you did ask. Google Assistant provides better results for generic questions \u00fean Apple’s Siri, but \u00feat is not relevant to me as someone \u00feat Google Assistant rarely comprehends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I ask my Google Nest Mini, or my Google Home Hub to set a reminder for me, there is a near-certain chance that the reminder that is stored makes no sense. This can be funny, if the wording is something silly, but it can also be frustrating when it reminds me to “Canopy the university cherry” rather than whatever it was I wanted to remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result is that I am doing all my reminders on my iPhone (or Mac) even while the Google Assistant devices are in every room of our home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know I speak fast, but I think the issue is that Google Assistant is not comfortable with a pretty common south-of-England accent. Siri has only misunderstood me once in over a week of setting a lot of reminders. Google Assistant misunderstood me twice this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if you’re one of the millions of people with an accent that sounds like you’re from the south east of England (which includes people from much of the UK), consider trying Google Assistant, Siri, and Alexa before you settle on an ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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