{"id":1726,"date":"2012-07-02T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noi3.org\/site\/?p=1726"},"modified":"2012-07-02T10:00:10","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T10:00:10","slug":"with-google-now-android-puts-apple-s-siri-to-shame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.noi3.org\/?p=1726","title":{"rendered":"With Google Now, Android Puts Apple’s Siri To Shame"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tAfter Apple<\/a> bought Siri a few years ago, many assumed it was the company’s first step in a battle against Google’s search business. It was a good assumption.<\/span><\/div>\n

\tJobs was mostly right. Siri launched on the iPhone<\/a> 4S in October as more of an intelligent virtual assistant than a searching tool. Siri is designed to set reminders, send text messages, make appointments, etc. Search is kind of part of Siri, but it relies heavily on Wolfram Alpha<\/a>, a „knowledge engine” that usually does a great job at answering oddball questions like „What’s the GDP of Greece?” but not so great at pulling up queries normal humans need.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\tAfter Apple<\/a> bought Siri a few years ago, many assumed it was the company’s first step in a battle against Google’s search business. It was a good assumption.<\/span><\/p>\n

\tBut at All Things D’s D8 conference in 2010, Steve Jobs<\/a> tried to put that speculation to rest by saying Apple had slightly different plans for Siri.<\/span><\/p>\n

\t„[It’s] not a search company. They’re an AI company. We have no plans to go into the search business. We don’t care about it. Other people do it well<\/span>,” Jobs told Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg.<\/span><\/p>\n

\tJobs was mostly right. Siri launched on the iPhone<\/a> 4S in October as more of an intelligent virtual assistant than a searching tool. Siri is designed to set reminders, send text messages, make appointments, etc. Search is kind of part of Siri, but it relies heavily on Wolfram Alpha<\/a>, a „knowledge engine” that usually does a great job at answering oddball questions like „What’s the GDP of Greece?” but not so great at pulling up queries normal humans need.<\/span><\/p>\n

\tThat’s why I was so excited when Google<\/a> announced Google Now, a search-centric, voice-powered digital assistant for the upcoming version of Android<\/a> called Jelly Bean.<\/span><\/p>\n

\tI’ve been using Jelly Bean on a Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 for the last few days. And I can say Google Now is a lot more impressive than Siri. Google Now fills in all the gaps left by Siri, and does pretty much everything else a whole lot better. This is how search should work on mobile devices.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\tA few examples:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n