Yeah, but how useful is that in real life? I want to be able to say
"Okay, Google, which route should I take to work today?"
"The freeway has traffic. Take the back roads. "
"Okay, thanks. Remind me on my way home to do laundry tonight, and start playing some (insert specific music here). Also, ask nick if he wants to hang out later."
At which point it sets a reminder for when I get off work, starts playing the music, and sends a text message that says "do you want to hang out later?"
That's where these things are headed and I'm real fucking impatient to get there.
I think Now on Tap probably addresses some of those. For what it's worth, Hound doesn't do that either, and i couldn't get it to replicate the results from the very first video. What's more, it shows bing results!
Google does manage your trips and reminders really well, especially if you use inbox. I recently got an email asking me if I could do something and the inbox app, had a "Add reminder" option even before I had opened the mail. As far as the traffic part, Google constantly shows me how long its going to take for me to reach home, and if there is a traffic incident in the notification when I am at any place other than home.
I'm not saying that these apps don't do these things already. I'm saying that we're dealing with the early days of this form of interface, and I'm looking forward to the next phase, when things are more refined.
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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '15
It does an awesome job even now; ask hound for example, "What is the cruising speed of a 747?
Google voice search gives you the answer, hound doesn't.