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by GeekyBear 2744 days ago
I think you're more likely to use a smart assistant as their ability to understand and respond correctly improves.

Hiring away Google's head of AI seems to have made a material difference in how well Siri performs in an annual head to head comparison of how well various smart speakers responded to 800 sample requests.

>Google Home continued its outperformance, answering 86% correctly and understanding all 800 questions. The HomePod correctly answered 75% and only misunderstood 3, the Echo correctly answered 73% and misunderstood 8 questions, and Cortana correctly answered 63% and misunderstood just 5 questions.

>Note that nearly every misunderstood question involved a proper noun, often the name of a local town or restaurant.

https://loupventures.com/annual-smart-speaker-iq-test/

A 22% increase in correct responses over last year's performance.