Gahhh, youtube is blocked for me at work. I'll check it out at lunch. It really sounds like an outstanding feature. I wonder why Motorola didn't make the N5 though, kind of odd IMO.
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Gahhh, youtube is blocked for me at work. I'll check it out at lunch. It really sounds like an outstanding feature. I wonder why Motorola didn't make the N5 though, kind of odd IMO.
I agree with you. Touching and finding the button is very easy.
But the point I was making is the with Touchless control on the Moto X you do not have to touch the phone. It is voice activated so you can have it read incoming texts and emails and respond to them without touching the phone. You can dictate texts and emails....set reminders and ask it questions without touching the phone....no buttons or screen to touch. That is easier than touching a button..... Moto X made by Google/Motorola......Nexus 5 made by Google......hopefully this tech will come to the Nexus line of phones.
With the Moto X do you have to hit the screen to confirm sending a text message or email?
I ask because with an iPhone and Siri. if I have a Bluetooth device I can text or email without taking my eye off the road and keeping one hand on the wheel.....all I have to do ie hit the button on the side of my Bluetooth headset, siri activates, and from that point everything is confirmed through voice.
if to send a text message with the Moto X I actually have to touch the screen to confirm/send then it's nowhere near the same.
Hmm, just saw the video and looks like when he dictated an email at the end he had to press the send button.
The problem with this is you still have to touch the screen to actually send the email. hopefully in the future they can make it like Siri so that you can voice confirm the send, making it truly thouchless, which is ideal for car use.
Okay to clear this up.
Google now on the moto x: some actions are completely hands free such as searching, going to websites, playing a song. Some actions you have to confirm before it will work making it not 100% touch free such as sending a text or email.
Siri: you can do everything hands free because instead of requiring you to touch the phone when you are confirming it asks you is this correct or shall I send it.
Boom argument over.
Google now on the moto x: some actions are completely hands free such as searching, going to websites, playing a song. Some actions you have to confirm before it will work making it not 100% touch free such as sending a text or email.
Siri: you can do everything hands free because instead of requiring you to touch the phone when you are confirming it asks you is this correct or shall I send it.
Boom argument over.
This is an area where Android is very oddly lacking, it's a huge blind spot IMO. Not being able to activate google now with a bluetooth headset is extremely goofy and something which should be extremely basic. It doesn't surprise me because Android is horrible at mediating sound to a bluetooth headset.
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Thanks for the clarification, I think others were dancing around this. It's a shame because this takes away a large part of the functionality, certainly it puts it back beneath Siri because you have to put your eyes on the screen and aim your finger.
I will say though I prefer using google now much more than Siri. Answers are faster, more relevant and google now understands me much better.
Yeah Google Now is definitely more relevant...
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I agree. I personally don't need it to be all hands free and I understand that Google now was never meant to be that type of a personal assistant. With that in mind I also understand that Google wants you to confirm the text or email manually before it sends (again it isn't that type of a personal assistant to read things back to you).
Google voice dictation is also infinitely better. It's more accurate and more reliable. Siri often got words wrong or missed words entirely after you spoke. Google voice dictation also works offline.
Having said that I do hope Google expands Google now. For example it should offer the option to auto send with the time bar after every actlon. Something as simple as a toggle that says "always send after command?" would go a long way
Well, apparently it hasn't been answered, considering other's have the same question...
...and you still won't answer the question. You won't answer the question because you know it punches holes in your argument. I did what I should've done initially and researched it myself, so I'll answer it--no you cannot send an email or a text message without actually touching the screen. Same goes for adding an appointment to your calendar. The video you provided even shows that a touch is required to complete many commands--he had to touch 'send email' to complete the request.
Yes, touchless control on the Moto X allows you to do some things without ever having to touch a button or the screen. However, the functionality that most of us are inquiring about still requires use of the touchscreen in Google Now, regardless of the device. So keep up all the blustering about how much more useful touchless control it on the Moto X...even though the point Strausd and others are making is actually the truth.
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Thank you very much. See jamezr, was that so difficult?
I agree with you..... Checkout the video at about the 2:32 mark.
http://pocketnow.com/2013/08/23/touchless-control-on-moto-x
Lol I'm sure we could point out some Siri faults too. Good thing I don't know anyone named Mario ;-)
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This would be a great option.
See, I disagree with you here on the point in bold. If Google didn't intend for it to function as a personal assistant, why include the functionality at all? 99% functionality is great in this case, leaving out the 1% has a huge effect on it's usefulness.
My only real qualm with Google Now is this one missing bit of functionality. I agree that Google Now is generally much better at voice recognition and is faster. It can do everything Siri can...up to this point but it's at this point that the entire benefit of touchless control is lost.
Not true...How do you activate Siri? Not so hands free is it?
Checkout the video at the 2:32 mark...hands free text and emails
http://pocketnow.com/2013/08/23/touchless-control-on-moto-x
Do you have a contact named mario though? I've been able to make Google now call people in my contact list without a problem...
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Yeah I guess we don't really known what Google had intended. I font quite remember their keynote for Google now. Maybe it started out as a glorified search engine with its intelligent updates then they saw siri and started adding the personal assistant stuff.
If you look up Google now improvements you'll see many of those assistant like features were added recently (in the past year or so).
I agree it could benefit from a hands free all the way experience for ball their commands, not just some. My aforementioned toggle-able option for"always send after command?" I think would serve well.
Did you actually watch the video you're referencing? At the end of his email dictation, he has to touch the screen to send the email. There is nothing touchless about that.
We're not saying Siri is touchless, just that if that single, solitary touch is done with either a physical button or on a touch screen, the former is more useful as it doesn't require one to physically look at a screen.
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Agreed, just implementing such a toggle would make a huge difference IMO.
Ok call it "eyes free". Whatever it is, it's more "free" than google now.
And I've seen the video. But I'll look at 2:32 later when I get a change.
I guess you don't read much...let me point out the post numbers for you...
But be careful tbayrgs it requires the ability to read.....see now...that is not so difficult is it?
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Lol, yeah I thought it was pretty funny. It's weird, about half the time I ask Google to "call Mario" it gives me an internet search for super mario bros., and the other half it actually calls him. This is what I mean by half baked when I talk about Google Now. Does it want to be a personal assistant or not? Does it want to force us into internet searches or not?
Google clearly has the capability to streamline this, maybe they have too many heads going in different directions and ideas, I have no idea. Having a personal assistant like Siri is extremely powerful and useful and google is kind of missing the boat a bit here.
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Yeah, eyes free is MUCH easier and safer than having to look at the screen and aim your finger.
Don't forget that the majority of Google Now commands are hands free all the way from beginning to end. Sometimes it's not -- for those times where you need to manually confirm what action you're about to implement. (Does someone care to go through the actual list of what is touchless all the way through and what requires you to tap send?)
SIRI requires you to touch and hold the physical button to get it started 100% of the time. Then it's smooth sailing from there provided SIRI gets you or is online.
I think Google Now has the greater potential here. All they'd have to do is add consistency to Google Now. In other words, allow the option to "always send after command?" and that'd be the end of that.
SIRI requires you to touch and hold the physical button to get it started 100% of the time. Then it's smooth sailing from there provided SIRI gets you or is online.
I think Google Now has the greater potential here. All they'd have to do is add consistency to Google Now. In other words, allow the option to "always send after command?" and that'd be the end of that.
Yeah I actually have 2 contacts named Mario.
I have faith in Google though. If they are adding voice activation I can't imagine they would think people want to use it primarily for internet searches, no they are not that stupid. I'll bet that in the near future we will see massive improvements in the personal assistant capability of Google Now, especially IMO since they are incorporating it heavily into their smartwatch. Now if ever there was a useful function for a personal assistant, it would be in a smartwatch IMO.
Did you watch the whole video? Did you hear him say it was touchless to send texts and emails? Did you? Since you want to keep this going.....try this
Without looking or touching your phone ask siri to search for "touchless controls on the Moto X". I'll wait while you do that......what was Siri's response? What no response? Ok try something simple. Without touching or looking at your phone ask siri what the weather is going to be today. Well.....what was the answer? See all those and more you can do with Google Now on the Moto X......
I do agree that Google Now has the greater potential. As much as I think Siri is MUCH superior to GN, I think if Google put their nose to the grindstone GN would be light years ahead of anything else.
Everything added to Google Now in 2013 (on top of what was added in 2012):
10-minute video shows all the new features Google Now has added in the past year
I'm not a big SIRI or Google Now user, but given Google's update history with individual apps and features, I trust Google will improve Now faster than Apple will improve SIRI.
10-minute video shows all the new features Google Now has added in the past year
I'm not a big SIRI or Google Now user, but given Google's update history with individual apps and features, I trust Google will improve Now faster than Apple will improve SIRI.
I don't think that's his point. Can you send an email or text message without touching the screen? The answer has been provided, and it's no. So yeah in some functions you can be totally hands free and it's an advantage, but in others you have to touch the screen at a clear disadvantage.