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andyh2000 · 12-14-2022, 02:09 PM

I don't recognise the 'nobody uses voice assistants' point of view in those articles. We use both Google Home and Amazon Alexa hardware devices all the time for lighting and heating control, occasionally for other IoT type purposes and many times a day for answering general knowledge questions, checking spellings etc. Maybe they weren't designed for incurious people who just stare at Love Island.

Andrew

(edited to add: yes, I know I'm a snob about reality TV...)

12-14-2022, 02:09 PM	#113
andyh2000 Avid reader Posts: 889 Karma: 6543210 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: UK Device: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 / Kindle Paperwhite / TCL Nxtpaper 14	I don't recognise the 'nobody uses voice assistants' point of view in those articles. We use both Google Home and Amazon Alexa hardware devices all the time for lighting and heating control, occasionally for other IoT type purposes and many times a day for answering general knowledge questions, checking spellings etc. Maybe they weren't designed for incurious people who just stare at Love Island. Andrew (edited to add: yes, I know I'm a snob about reality TV...) Last edited by andyh2000; 12-14-2022 at 02:12 PM.