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Used Siri since 2011 and use to love it. Then this summer I used Google Now and just recently bought a Google Home. Google wins hands down and makes using Siri frustrating!

For me Google Now and Alexa are the next huge leaps in computing ... like the iPhone was. I wish Google would create an app store much like Apple's where users try an app out and buy it for a buck if they like it.

I have my google now hooked up to turn my TV, lights and thermostat on. It understands my commands 97% of the time vs. Siri's 85%.

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Can you activate Google home without saying Google yet? Okay Google! Is about the most awkward thing to have to say as a wake word as I have heard. It makes me want to throw my phone if I have to say it more than once. Hey Google! Isn't much better.

They are never going to win if you have to babble awkward phrases when you use it. Alexa just rolls off the tongue.

Edit: Amusingly, when I said "OK Google!" "Change your wake word" to my phone just now... It replied with: here is information from Amazon.com. (information about how to change Alexa's wake word to Echo or Amazon).

Ok Google. You have to fix this.

before I started I am using Siri to type that stop it Siri…

Well I agree… I don't like having to say OK Google turn the light on… Or OK Google… Or everything… It does not feel conversational. But there needs to be a command otherwise the AI speaker will be doing thing every time I hear something… Maybe we can change the name that would be good

Eventually this sort of thing will be triggered with gestures. Big at first, but gradually smaller until one can input surreptitiously.

Gestures from way across the room or from a separate room entirely? To me voice beats that.

I'm not sure why it should matter where one is when one performs a gesture. If I'm sitting on the couch I certainly don't want to have to stand up to adjust the lighting. Everything gets smaller until it eventually disappears, and the future versions of Echo etc. will just be integrated into the ceiling or a "smart" shirt or whatever. One won't have to worry about where they are, unless one wants to have a conversation without FBI or the spouse hearing it.

You can say "Hey Google" with the Home. It's a little easier to say.

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