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It appears that for queries that don't have direct "answer" type response and will perform an action it displays a progress bar with the query it understood. Presumably this is so that you can cancel the action if voice recognition was wrong.

It doesn't require any input though - I just tested it. Once the progress bar reaches the end (it seems to take ~7 seconds) it will complete the action.

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That means that in case it mis-understood you that you have to wait ~7 seconds before you notice that it was wrong.

If it immediately confirmed like Siri, you would know right then and could re-issue the command.

Are you trolling? I understand you said in your parent that you don't have JB and are strictly going by the video and demo.. but how could you miss this? It's in the first minute.. multiple times.

You do not have to "wait ~7 seconds before you notice that it was wrong" so you can "re-issue the change". The result is displayed immediately. You can cancel the auto-action (which you first said didn't even exist), or force it through before the ~5 seconds (not ~7) elapses.

Go re-watch the entire video in the foreground, please.

I think pilif meant that you'd have to wait for the progress bar (about seven seconds) to finish before you noticed something was wrong. For example:

  "Call the Drake Hotel in Toronto."
  *bling* "Calling..."
  (wait seven seconds)
  "Hey, this is Drake. What's up?"

Versus what Siri does:

  "Call the Drake Hotel in Toronto."
  *bling* "Calling Drake Smith..."
  "No, wait! Stop!"

Think about using the voice commands when you can't see the device. Like when you're driving or running. It's useful to have the audible feedback in addition to whatever's displayed on the screen.

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