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by ajsnigrutin 1076 days ago
Maybe it's users intentionally simplifying their speech, because google doesn't understand more complex sentances.
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I find myself doing this (and feeling stupid doing so) with my Amazon Echo Dots. They seem to understand very little, so I simplify and reduce like crazy. Nevertheless, lots of searches/commands go wrong.

Good example probably: I've tried to play music from German rap artist "Disarstar" which is pronounced like "disaster". I did not get Alexa to play music from this artist from Spotify, it only searched for "disaster" and played music it found... Not a good experience.

Hey. Disaster Area is the hottest band in the universe.
I'm trying to play music by disaster arena on Amazon Music now!
The band from the Gagrakacka Mind Zones, or the one from Berlin?
Sorry, I could not understand that.
There are at least two bands named Disaster Area. One 90s Skate Punk band from Berlin, Earth, and the famous one from the Gagrakacka Mind Zones, an unpopular and unpopulated region around 400 light years from the Soulianis/Rahm system in direction Betelgeuse.