Voice recognition has been around in Android since almost the beginning, but it wasn’t until Jelly Bean came around where Google introduced us to Google Now that it was taken to the next level. Sure, iOS has Siri, a voice assistant that would actually have full-on conversations with you, but us Androidians didn’t want to talk to our devices. We just wanted them to find the information we were asking it to find. The battle between which voice assistant still wages on, and will wage on for the rest of eternity, or at least until the robot apocalypse happens. Apple fanboys will swear by Siri. Androidians will laugh at those fanboys. Each voice assistant has their own unique qualities, but Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster wanted to put both programs to the test, in and epic battle of voice assistant mortality.
Munster carried out this test out in the public in environments with background noise, and anything you would expect when you are out and about. Noise levels never exceeded 80 decibels, so it wasn’t like he was out at a rock concert. As you can see: Google Now rocks. Siri did however win when it comes to command, which makes sense given the program is will have conversations with you.
The debate on which voice assistant will still go in favor of whatever the consumer has in their pocket, but it is nice to see Google Now come out on top in this test. Let us know what you think about the results of Munster’s test.
Source: Cult of Android
