The three biggest players in voice assistants –– Google, Apple and Amazon –– have radically different approaches to profiling users, Northeastern University researchers say.

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    16 hours ago

    That handles automation, but can’t freestyle questions.

    “Hey Google, convert (metric) to (Imperial).”

    “Hey Google, weather today?”

    “Hey Google, what’s the capital of Kakistan?”

    I have a ceiling-mounted mini in almost every room and just toss questions around while I work or play. Or, just ask it to play music. (Which went to shit when I cancelled Spotify.)

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      15 hours ago

      Or, just ask it to play music. (Which went to shit when I cancelled Spotify.)

      I learned how to get Home assistant working JUST to restore this feature. Fuck you Google for not supporting other services despite supporting controlling them once it starts going ugh