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Google voice app better than Siri

MotoX...hah! Only thing that phone was first in for me was running out of battery.

Also don't you still have to unlock Android for active listening AND have the Google bar on every home page (i.e. if you go to a home screen without the bar you lose active listening)?. That's how my G3 worked.

I have more success with Siri. Even if Google Now is more powerful (which it probably is) I don't care because after 4 flagships (HTC One, Note 3, Moto X, LG G3) I still personally have better success with Siri.

Google Now drove me nuts too. Constantly adding stuff to my follow list like sports teams that I do a one time scan of. It needs work.
 
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Lloydbm41 said:
There is your problem. You aren't on the latest version of KitKat AND you are using a Samsung device.

I'm running 4.4.4 on my Nexus 5 and Moto X. And FYI, the Moto X senses when you are driving and auto-engages Drive Mode so calls, texts and emails are read out to you as they come in (assuming you say yes when Google Now asks if you want it to read the mrssage).

Additionally, Active Listening is a new feature found in 4.4.4 so the phone responds to your query even if it is asleep. (Something Apple copied for iOS8 direct from Motorola, albeit neutered so Siri only responds if the phone is plugged in.)

P.S. If you would like a video, I can make one right quick. I will ask the exact questions as you posted them if you like?
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Fragmentation at it's finest. LOL

Please make a video of you toggling system settings without touching your phone, scheduling an appointment for a future date without touching your phone. If 4.4.4 can do it, great. That still doesn't help me on my GS4. Will I have to get another device that has the latest firmware, most likely.

So your Moto X senses when you're driving and ask if it can read you the email or message. That's called notifications on other phones. You know, with the alert sounds/vibration and visual display on the screen.

I could also ask the same questions on my Nexus 10 running 4.4.4 but you'll probably just tell me I'm still using a Samsung brand device. Once again, fragmentation strikes again.
 
sumsingwong said:
Fragmentation at it's finest. LOL

So your Moto X senses when you're driving and ask if it can read you the email or message. That's called notifications on other phones. You know, with the alert sounds/vibration and visual display on the screen.
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I owned the Moto X. It actually goes into driving mode and any notification you get it asks you out loud if it would like you to read it hands free, etc. It was a really nice feature. Every phone should do this might save some lives form text and drivers.

The Moto X in general was a very average phone though - bad battery life (go search forums endless complaints), bad AMOLED screen (whites are really bad and fuzzy text), and the camera was the trifecta of bad. Oh and while it has a 4.7" screen part of that is utilized for buttons. This is why Schmidt had to say "Samsung had that a year ago" in interview last week because the phone his company oversaw (Google/Motorola) sure didn't.

The best part of the Moto X is out of all the Android phones I owned it had the least amount of problems / crashing. It was much more stable than the rest.
 
The convergence of Siri + Watson will be a revelation and disruptive. Of course this depends on whether or not Apple and IBM get the integration tight.
 
sumsingwong said:
Fragmentation at it's finest. LOL

Please make a video of you toggling system settings without touching your phone, scheduling an appointment for a future date without touching your phone. If 4.4.4 can do it, great. That still doesn't help me on my GS4. Will I have to get another device that has the latest firmware, most likely.

So your Moto X senses when you're driving and ask if it can read you the email or message. That's called notifications on other phones. You know, with the alert sounds/vibration and visual display on the screen.

I could also ask the same questions on my Nexus 10 running 4.4.4 but you'll probably just tell me I'm still using a Samsung brand device. Once again, fragmentation strikes again.
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Yep, fragmentation at its finest. No argument there. Kind of like what we are experiencing now with ios8 messing up on some phones, not working on hardware it is supposed to (go ahead and install ios 8 on a 4S), etc.
That said, the GS4 has updates out for 4.4.4 so you can't blame Google or Samsung. Blame your carrier (you probably have Verizon). As for your Nexus 10, if you have the latest version of Android and can't figure out how to say 'Okay Google Now, what is my schedule for Oct 20th?' for example, that isn't Googles fault. Or say, 'okay Google Now, turn on wifi, or bluetooth or adjust screen brightness.' then blame yourself.

I'll do a video for you when i get off work tomorrow.

As for the Moto X, it is just like what Nokia Lumia's do in driving mode. But, sinse you likely have no idea about the capabilities of either phone or what I am referring to, I'll let you research what it does and why no other phone has the same functionality. It is actually very cool feature.
 
Lloydbm41 said:
Yep, fragmentation at its finest. No argument there. Kind of like what we are experiencing now with ios8 messing up on some phones, not working on hardware it is supposed to (go ahead and install ios 8 on a 4S), etc.
That said, the GS4 has updates out for 4.4.4 so you can't blame Google or Samsung. Blame your carrier (you probably have Verizon). As for your Nexus 10, if you have the latest version of Android and can't figure out how to say 'Okay Google Now, what is my schedule for Oct 20th?' for example, that isn't Googles fault. Or say, 'okay Google Now, turn on wifi, or bluetooth or adjust screen brightness.' then blame yourself.

I'll do a video for you when i get off work tomorrow.

As for the Moto X, it is just like what Nokia Lumia's do in driving mode. But, sinse you likely have no idea about the capabilities of either phone or what I am referring to, I'll let you research what it does and why no other phone has the same functionality. It is actually very cool feature.
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You still haven't told me how to schedule a future event without touching to continue.

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When I ask It to toggle any of the system services, it just opens up settings and I still have to touch to disable or enable the settings.

Sorry to call you out but maybe you'll learn that some members here have Android devices on the latest firmware.

I'm not even sure why you keep bringing up Drive Mode. That's not even a capability of Google Now. That's one of the modes of Motorola Assist. My GS4 has a similar feature called hands free mode with S Voice. When enabled, it will read out the persons name who's is calling, sending a text, email, etc. It even asks if I want to answer, read out text or email, reply to text or email, etc. But this is not what the OP is about. Its about Siri and Google Now.
 
hypno said:
I owned the Moto X. It actually goes into driving mode and any notification you get it asks you out loud if it would like you to read it hands free, etc. It was a really nice feature. Every phone should do this might save some lives form text and drivers.

The Moto X in general was a very average phone though - bad battery life (go search forums endless complaints), bad AMOLED screen (whites are really bad and fuzzy text), and the camera was the trifecta of bad. Oh and while it has a 4.7" screen part of that is utilized for buttons. This is why Schmidt had to say "Samsung had that a year ago" in interview last week because the phone his company oversaw (Google/Motorola) sure didn't.

The best part of the Moto X is out of all the Android phones I owned it had the least amount of problems / crashing. It was much more stable than the rest.
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My GS4 has that driving mode feature but its called hands free. I have it automatically enabled when my phone connects to my cars Bluetooth.
 
Lloydbm41 said:
Yep, fragmentation at its finest. No argument there. Kind of like what we are experiencing now with ios8 messing up on some phones, not working on hardware it is supposed to (go ahead and install ios 8 on a 4S), etc.
That said, the GS4 has updates out for 4.4.4 so you can't blame Google or Samsung. Blame your carrier (you probably have Verizon). As for your Nexus 10, if you have the latest version of Android and can't figure out how to say 'Okay Google Now, what is my schedule for Oct 20th?' for example, that isn't Googles fault. Or say, 'okay Google Now, turn on wifi, or bluetooth or adjust screen brightness.' then blame yourself.
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Where you are being a tad sheepish here is you have to unlock the phone and be on a home screen that has the Google search bar for this to work. Yet you knock Siri for only working when plugged in. Both have limitations.

The Moto X was a nice phone because it didn't have these limitations, and I still have my Moto X right here, but it also suffered from lack luster battery life as a result.
 
Siri is okay as it is but can be better. There are things happening in the background that will make Siri unbelievably great. Something big is coming from Apple.
 
I don't enjoy talking to my phone. It's unnatural to me and maybe I'm too private to be talking like this in public.

But Google Now is undoubtedly, way better than Siri.

In web services, cloud integration, predictive algorithm stuff, Google outclasses Apple. They're not even playing in the same league here.

Google, as a company, is just fundamentally interested in doing more challenging things. They are not tweakers but rather trailblazers.

Apple, on the otherhand, is a tweaker. They are not interested in moonshots. They'd never take on making a self-driving car both b/c they don't care and b/c they don't know how. Just like Google would never spend so much on making their watch a fashion accessory.

They've got fundamentally different approaches,focuses, and agendas. In 200 years, however, Google will be remembered as the more admired company, if you care about such things as legacies, and making the world better. Facebook will be a curious case study.
 
Google Now is a glorified web search portal with voice recognition. It still isn't an assistant like Siri or Cortana. That's why the Google commercials only show people asking questions for info instead of performing tasks on the device. It's also very good at collecting your info and provide you cards that it thinks you may be interested in.
 
Google voice app better than Siri

In general I think that all the "assistants" need significant improvement. They are all stagnant and need some technological leap to really make them useful. I'll admit I barely use Siri and it's one part of iOS that I believe needs revamping!

Oh and I'll add that the "Hey Siri" feature is great but I hate that it needs to be plugged in, but I understand why.
 
robertopod1968 said:
You can tell Google now to hide scores so it won't show the score unless you tap on the card. Just FYI
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Thanks. I will definitely do that. It was just a VERY unfortunate time for me to be testing out some of the features for the first time.

It's okay, though, at least the Packers stomped the Bears. If I had found out they lost before I watched the game, I'd have been a little more miffed. ;)
 
I think you guys are trolling. Im coming from a s4 and google voice is a joke compared to Siri. Siri actually seems like a true phone assistant while google voice is very limited
 
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