[melling]

I've seen people use Google Voice in a loud bar. It seemed to be effective. I can't get Siri to work under those conditions, however. The noise should be a solvable problem.

[StavrosK]

Yeah, Google's voice recognition has worked for me everywhere, even loud clubs. It's quite magical. I'm sure it would work in the car.

Now, whether I would trust Google with that data is a different question. (Spoiler: no.)

[jstandard]

Inside the car is a bit of a different since the device won't be handheld and you may not even be directing your voice toward the microphone.

If you have a phone with a high-quality mic, mount it in the right spot, and speak loudly, it can usually get the job done though.

Performance in general has gotten a lot better in recent years, though it's tough to call it a "solved problem".

[tedmiston]

Similarly Alexa does not detect the wake word if it's playing music all the way up and I'm more than a couple feet away from the Echo.

[spike021]

I've used Siri just fine to set timers and create reminders while a TV is blaring with announcers commentating sports live.

Probably depends on some environments.

[daveguy]

It should be, but I'm definitely not preordering a product like that without a third party demo.