It totally devastates Siri in it’s capabilities. It’s much better at understanding natural language requests, talks to many data sources and works in conjunction with the digital google home assistant.
I’m a big fan myself. It’s all about Google home and Alexa for Amazon now. > On May 18, 2017, at 12:29 PM, Michael Busboom <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Mary, > > Aside from the concerns you mentioned in your note, what exactly is the > Google Assistant? What can it do that the regular Google search app doesn’t? > > Kindest regards, > > Mike > >> On 18 May 2017, at 01:09, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> They much touted Google Assistant is now available in the Apple App Store. I >> downloaded it and opened it, and in order to work at all, you need to give >> it permission to access location even when you're not using it. This is so >> it can make a so-called private map of where you have been and where you are >> when you're using it. So I wonder how much of a toll that is going to take >> on Battery Life. And do I really trust Google that t it's private? Given >> that they sell data? I was looking forward to certain aspects of Google >> assistant. But it seems to be totally crippled unless you give them >> permission. I don't see why he couldn't do other things that are not >> location dependent. >> Mary >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you >> can reach Cara at [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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