So true: my experience is much worse. In Dutch Siri it's next to impossible to execute 80% of these queries.
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So true: my experience is much worse. In Dutch Siri it's next to impossible to execute 80% of these queries.
You, people, should understand that information is everything. If you don't have the information then it will not work. This is not a matter of some genius programming, this is a matter of collecting the information as much as possible.
As it stands Apple would be contradicting itself if it did what google is doing. Maybe it will change for the better for Apple with their new anonymous data mining, but it's probably not going to be as good as the real thing.
There is no magic here. Apple is blindfolded with one hand tied behind it's back. I'd say they are doing great in this condition.
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As it stands Apple would be contradicting itself if it did what google is doing. Maybe it will change for the better for Apple with their new anonymous data mining, but it's probably not going to be as good as the real thing.
There is no magic here. Apple is blindfolded with one hand tied behind it's back. I'd say they are doing great in this condition.
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She's honest. He is a sucker.
But...when you go into the Apple Store app, apple suggests what accessories I need for my iPhone. They dig through my buying history , find the device, show me in the store app what the device is and suggest what I should buy. I don't remember consenting to this....
Suggested content via iTunes??
Also in your example above, google does not actually know it's you.....big difference. Apple knows exactly it's you, cause it's mining your data to give joy suggestions based on what you have bought.
Never saw any suggestions on Apple store and google knows it's you just fine.
And you are misunderstand a suggestion in a closed environment compared to open environment. Google tracing cokies are on almost every site.
I can't believe you have the balls to even compare. Shame on you.
Google reads all your emails if you have and transcribes your calls if you use there services or devices. This has been confirmed by their top executives, so they know what you bought and even where you shopped for it and who you gave it to. Even who you got advice from. I've had conversations with friends with android devices about obscure topics like a weird disease and wake up the next morning to offers to go to school to to be a doctor that specializes in that. Creepy. That never happens with Apple. I have no problem with a company knowing what I bought from them like Apple does. At some point you did opt in by signing on to you iTunes account. The difference is. You can opt out at anytime and you iPhone will still work. Not so with google.
And all the Apple haters say Siri is dumb.
Total nonsense, I have used both Google Assistant and Siri. Siri gives you more information (which is the fundamental reason for A.I) and GA is funnier. That's all
Total nonsense, I have used both Google Assistant and Siri. Siri gives you more information (which is the fundamental reason for A.I) and GA is funnier. That's all
At first i thought he was unbiased, but that was few years ago. But now ... bordering on trolling in a very subtle way.
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Or Hungarian. I will record for further amusement.
And I still have zero interest in talking to any of these AIs :/
Exactly! He totally missed that point.
Siri can also be very talkative, she's just context aware. When using Siri with "Hey Siri" command or on a headset, she reads out everything loud (you're most likely not in a situation where you are looking the screen), it's only if you use the home button to activate Siri (you are sitting looking at your phone) that she displays results on screen rather that read out everything loud. In my opinion that is way better solution. Who wants something read out loud when you can read it or see it displayed?
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A closed environment using personal information vrs an anonymous cookie ?
I suggest you research those cookies that are set. You realise most sites store cookies on you? And yet you are happy to visit them anware, but google is the evil one?
Mate, I've worked for the BBC , google had to go past out data protection And privacy policies , they don't store any data that identifies the user.
I'd suggest you do some research instead of jumping on the band wagon that is google knows everything about you.
FYI Macrumours also tracks you....you know that right... though you always remain anonymous just a visitor, never tracked back to your personal data.
mhm, Ok. You certainly can do or think whatever you want. It's funny when people start putting Apple on the same shelf as google.
P.S. google doesn't know jack **** about me. No thanks to google of course.
The point I make is that everyone is guilty of it. There no white knight.
apple gives you no choice. If you want to use their devices, you must opt in.
Apple does exactly like others behind the scenes , though they say they are doing it to improve their services, and everyone is okay with it....and pretends it does not happen.
Apple knows so so so much more about any of us than any other company cause we are all linked by the Apple ID....which forces you to have personal data and financial data.
Thank what Apple Pay gives them...
Being a trucker, my service can be spotty fairly often. In times like this, Siri really nose dives. Siri needs to be part of iOS instead of cloud based.
Even if they do there is no evidence it leaves Apple. Google sells info left and right. And judging from Apple services they don't use big chunk of information that's available to them.
If you believe you are off the radar good luck with that.
Siri does more than just opening apps. In iOS 10 Siri works with HomeKit, other Apple devices and 3rd party apps. And you can still do those complex photo searches with Siri too.This was clearly biased.
Judging by that video it seems to me that Siri isn't way way behind like many people have been suggesting. In fact some questions, Siri did it better/faster.
Siri compares very well. You would never expect it given all the negative comments and bashing. Many posted here
One thing I am pretty sure of: Apple is going to work like crazy to keep improving Siri
One thing I am pretty sure of: Apple is going to work like crazy to keep improving Siri
Google is one of the most disgusting companies on earth, complete total corruption of the industry.
Apart from mining personal information, Google is in the very specific business of ZERO originality. They copy Apple’s product designs, they copy Apple's marketing, and they execute it all so very poorly.
On the left is Google Pixel (2016) and on the right Apple iPhone (2014-2016).
Here is Apple’s iPad Air advertisement which uses a white silhouette of the device (2014).
And here is the Google Pixel advertisement copying the silhouette concept (2016).
Apart from mining personal information, Google is in the very specific business of ZERO originality. They copy Apple’s product designs, they copy Apple's marketing, and they execute it all so very poorly.
On the left is Google Pixel (2016) and on the right Apple iPhone (2014-2016).
Here is Apple’s iPad Air advertisement which uses a white silhouette of the device (2014).
And here is the Google Pixel advertisement copying the silhouette concept (2016).
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