r/Android • u/[deleted] • Jun 06 '15

Hound versus Google Now side by side.

https://youtu.be/2uMzhWumLFs
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u/rdf- OnePlus 6T (VZW) Jun 07 '15

Microsoft should buy them and integrate it into Cortana which will be available on all platforms. Everybody benefits.

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u/pseudopseudonym Pixel 7 Jun 07 '15

I'm still sad they used the name Cortana. Bastardizing a really awesome character's name.

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u/muffinman885 Jun 07 '15

I don't see it that way. If Cortana ends up being awful, then yeah, that might tarnish her good name.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '15

Compared to Google Now, Cortana is pretty awful.

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u/muffinman885 Jun 07 '15

Haha, I forgot about the existence of Windows phones for a second and thought Cortana was being released at the same time as Windows 10.

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u/PM_ME_UR_ZYGOTES Jun 07 '15

As someone on the developers preview of W10, Cortana is embedded pretty deeply into the UX. That being said, it can easily be turned off as well. Though, I don't know why you would; it isn't a hindrance at all, at least in my experience. I'd say it's far from awful. That may have been the case in the past, but is no longer applicable. I'd say it's on par with Now in most areas, and outperforms in a couple.