As always, Google needs to find one of Siri's weaknesses. And they could've done the trick. See, Siri is built more to perform operations when given the relative command. In fact, it's more or less a modified search engine that talks. It doesn't have much social capabilities, or personalization. And that's where Google comes in. Their service, which they plan to call "Google Assistant," will be engineered more towards a "do engine" than a "search engine." In other words, Google will try to get a lot of information packed into their assistant, but they'll try to display it in a more personalized way than Siri does. The personalization settings will likely go further than Siri's calling you by your name. Google could even open up their assistant to third-party developers, so that their assistant could do even more. Considering what developers have hacked Siri to do, (play the piano, start a car, adjust their thermostat, and much more) Google Assistant could perform some crazy stuff. And I mean crazy.
March 08, 2012
Leaving Siri Speechless: Google Assistant
It's not hard to tell how competitive Apple and Google are. And they're quite equally matched teams. Google's Google+ certainly beat Apple's Ping in social networking, but Apple's iTunes creamed Google's Google Music. As for mobile operating systems, it's a close call between iOS and Android, but Apple might have the edge there. Well, how about voice-powered assistants? It really isn't a far-fetched idea to say Apple's already won that battle with Siri. But Google doesn't give up that easy.
As always, Google needs to find one of Siri's weaknesses. And they could've done the trick. See, Siri is built more to perform operations when given the relative command. In fact, it's more or less a modified search engine that talks. It doesn't have much social capabilities, or personalization. And that's where Google comes in. Their service, which they plan to call "Google Assistant," will be engineered more towards a "do engine" than a "search engine." In other words, Google will try to get a lot of information packed into their assistant, but they'll try to display it in a more personalized way than Siri does. The personalization settings will likely go further than Siri's calling you by your name. Google could even open up their assistant to third-party developers, so that their assistant could do even more. Considering what developers have hacked Siri to do, (play the piano, start a car, adjust their thermostat, and much more) Google Assistant could perform some crazy stuff. And I mean crazy.
As always, Google needs to find one of Siri's weaknesses. And they could've done the trick. See, Siri is built more to perform operations when given the relative command. In fact, it's more or less a modified search engine that talks. It doesn't have much social capabilities, or personalization. And that's where Google comes in. Their service, which they plan to call "Google Assistant," will be engineered more towards a "do engine" than a "search engine." In other words, Google will try to get a lot of information packed into their assistant, but they'll try to display it in a more personalized way than Siri does. The personalization settings will likely go further than Siri's calling you by your name. Google could even open up their assistant to third-party developers, so that their assistant could do even more. Considering what developers have hacked Siri to do, (play the piano, start a car, adjust their thermostat, and much more) Google Assistant could perform some crazy stuff. And I mean crazy.
