[bunnycorn]

Google should fight back at last years promisses.

Where is the feature of calling people automatically on google assistant?

Last year they promised they would call my hair saloon for me, and it's all BS.

Like everything they say every year, it never works in real life.

But I see lots of "journalists" praising it, while criticizing Siri as useless.

Where is their self driving car too? Never complete, they always promise "it's the next year".

[kmlx]

> Where is the feature of calling people automatically on google assistant?

already available in 44 states, they’re bringing it to the web.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2019/05/07/goo...

> Where is their self driving car too? Never complete, they always promise "it's the next year".

there’s zero rush when there’s a chance of killing people.

also this: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp...

[infinisil]

> already available in 44 states

I'm a bit disappointed by all big companies focusing on the states. Fact is, over 95% of people don't live in the US. Every time I see some fancy new technology, chances are I'll never get to use it in my country.

[kmlx]

it’s all about the money...

[bunnycorn]

It simply doesn't work in any real life situation.

Yes, the problem of self driving cars is they can kill people, that's the whole problem, thing is that google is always promising that "they are here for all", "it's the next year", etc. it's all BS.

You don't have a google self driving car, and you didn't book your hairdresser via duplex, and you won't be booking your car or anything through any of this.

Those are the facts.

[bilal4hmed]

duplex is available though, have you even tried using it ?

can you provide any basis for your "facts"

Siri being subpar when compared to Google Assistant is well established.

[bunnycorn]

> Siri

Is this about Siri?

[andromeduck]

You're the one who brought it up.

[creato]

> Where is the feature of calling people automatically on google assistant?

https://www.androidauthority.com/what-is-google-duplex-86947...

[bunnycorn]

It simply doesn't work, at all.

Prove that it does work. Because it just doesn't exist at all.

You pointed to an Android fanboy's site.

It's not the reality:

https://mashable.com/article/google-io-2018-report-card-dupl...

This is to put it lightly....

[jjulius]

You've made this claim a few times in this thread now. Can you please elaborate as to what about Duplex, specifically, has not worked for you?

Edit: A quick browse through OP's comment history suggests that s/he might not be US-based. Should that be the case, then it's not that Duplex is flawed, it's that it's simply not available where they live.

[briffle]

I have been using the call screening feature on my Original Pixel for months now. It works very well. I can't comment on making reservations via phone, since we don't often go to places that require reservations, but the call screening is great.

[m0zg]

>> Where is their self driving car too?

Waymo is not a car company. They don't have the capability to make an actual car even if the autonomy stuff worked well enough to be used nationwide. Which it does not and will not in the foreseeable future.

[bunnycorn]

They promised that we all be driving in self driving cars in 2017. And they announced they partnered with FIAT Chrysler automotive.

Google simply doesn't have it.

Google sells this BS to journalists, and they sell it to Wall Street. That's only why Google is worth $817B.

[theDoug]

You seem fixated on the word "promise," which I've never once heard said.

Assistant calling and Duplex appointment booking were both available within the year, across most of the United States, but you claim neither work.

[TulliusCicero]

Where did they promise it, again?

"Company is wrong about release date of cutting edge technology" isn't exactly a new story.

[kinkrtyavimoodh]

I downvoted you because you are peddling outright lies.

Google Duplex has been launched and you can use it today to book appointments in restaurants that are not on any table booking platform. Have you tried it?

If you haven't, please do.

If you have, and you still insist on saying it doesn't exist, please explain what it will take to convince you.

(Edit: I went through your comment history and your comments pattern match to either a troll or an Apple shill, neither of which are welcome here. Please take this to reddit)

[marnett]

Google Duplex is only available in the US, that is less than 5% of the population. HN is a global community - it is entirely believable that GP is unable to use this service that, after a year, is not available outside the US market.

Also, please do not accuse people of being trolls. It is against the site guidelines and is not constructive discourse.

[SquareWheel]

>it is entirely believable that GP is unable to use this service

They didn't say "it isn't available to me". They said it was "BS" - that is, that it was a lie and isn't a real service. They could have easily verified for themselves this isn't true. They could have even read the linked article which specifically mentions that Duplex did in fact come out.

[kinkrtyavimoodh]

a) Their comments indicate otherwise. b) They could say that then. Instead they are blaming Google for more or less lying about Duplex, which is quite disrespectful to the people who have actually worked on it. c) If they had expressed disappointment about the service having limited availability, I'd not be here making this point.

[bunnycorn]

Looks like I bothered some fanboys, the Earth still rotates around the Sun. I don't have time for people that refuse to accept the truth, and the fact is that "duplex" is not even a shadow of what they promised last year, doesn't matter to anyone but for fanboys because the assistant usage is exactly as you expect: Siri the most used, then Samsung's Bixby then Google's... in a market where Android dominates, it's shameful for Google to lose so clearly at their core competence, so they push so hard for their image as a "cut above the rest" that some people actually believe it.

https://www.businessinsider.com/siri-google-assistant-voice-...

This is in the US, where Apple only manages a 36% smartphone market share, and google assistant is available on the iPhone, but Siri isn't on non-Apple devices

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-had-the-most-smartphone-...

[bovermyer]

I suspect you're also crying about still not having the jetpack we were promised in the 50s.

Vision is imprecise.