Patrick Perini
Friends who have HonePods, I’m probably going to swap out my Alexa. How is Siri at timers and random Googling?
Sep 22, 2018 at 1:51pmTusk
Show threadsirshannonSep 22, 2018
@pcperini Not as good with timers as Alexa, in feature set and quality. Not sure about the rest.
Show threadPatrick PeriniSep 22, 2018
@sirshannon That’s disappointing. Thanks for the heads up
Show threadRosemary OrchardSep 22, 2018
@pcperini Multiple timers are now a thing, yay! Random googling seems fine - but I rarely ask for random information.
Show threadJonas WisserSep 22, 2018
@pcperini Haven't tried Googling with it, but very solid on timers. Also, the HomePod tends to catch my Siri requests even when I'm in a different room with an iOS device. Its microphones are apparently made of pure witchcraft.
Show threadq carlsonSep 22, 2018

@pcperini Not great for searching. It’s like a very very nice UE Boom speaker with basic smart home / and timing ability.

I love it.

Show threadNick ParfeneSep 22, 2018

@pcperini timers is finally good at. Knowledge answers leaves room for improvement.

Siri Shortcuts provide interesting extension points now, so that may be interesting.

Show threadJonas WisserSep 23, 2018
@pcperini "Sorry, I can't search the web here."
Show threadPatrick PeriniSep 23, 2018
@jwisser hmmmmmm
Show threadJonas WisserSep 23, 2018
@pcperini Does Alexa just read off search results or what? I can't imagine that being a good experience…
Show threadPatrick PeriniSep 23, 2018
@jwisser no but she sometimes finds a “relevant” first result
Show threadJonas WisserSep 23, 2018
@pcperini …and does what with it?
Show threadPatrick PeriniSep 23, 2018
@jwisser Reads... it?
Show threadJonas WisserSep 23, 2018
@pcperini Just reads some random page? No wonder Apple doesn't enable that feature.
Show threadPatrick PeriniSep 23, 2018
@jwisser I mean, afaik it's Wikipedia 99% of the time
Show thread🇨🇦 SteveSep 23, 2018
@pcperini @jwisser "The Whopper is a burger, consisting of a flame-grilled patty made with 100% beef with no preservatives or fillers, topped with sliced tomatoes, onions, lettuce, pickles, ketchup, and mayonnaise, served on a sesame-seed bun."
Show threadPatrick PeriniSep 23, 2018
@tewha @jwisser this is the content I want a voicebot for
Show thread🇨🇦 SteveSep 23, 2018
@pcperini @jwisser It's from this: http://www.grubstreet.com/2017/04/why-wikipedias-editors-demanded-an-apology-from-burger-king.html
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Show thread🇨🇦 SteveSep 23, 2018
@pcperini @jwisser (The idea of Google reading out cyanide as an ingredient is pretty funny, though!)