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"Ok, Google" makes everyone hate saying the word "Google". It is now linked to the emotions of frustration and anger forever.
Considering Amazon uses "Alexa" and Apple uses "Siri" and Microsoft uses "Cortana", it is strange that Google opted not to pick an alternative name
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"Ok, Google" makes everyone hate saying the word "Google". It is now linked to the emotions of frustration and anger forever.
Considering Amazon uses "Alexa" and Apple uses "Siri" and Microsoft uses "Cortana", it is strange that Google opted not to pick an alternative name
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There is a certain awkwardness I feel whenever I visit a friend who had smartified the house. "Oh, let me demonstrate this. Ok Google, turn off the lights." "Ok Google, turn on the lights now." "Ok Google, mute." "Ok Google, turn on the lights." "Ok Google, turn on the lights, damn it." "Ok Google, turn, on, the, lights---there you go. I swear it works better yesterday." Might as well just flip the switch myself, if…
Smart assistants need to be able to bind predefined activity to clapping. The clapper had the UX nailed. "Alexa, ask phillips hue to turn on the living room light" vs clap clap
In Star Trek they were perfectly comfortable saying "Computer! Do the thing" in a more specific, 'computer' intonation. It was all fairly natural language, but there is no attempt to pretend the computer is a person. This made the thing feel more futuristic than what they're trying to do now.
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As a Google employee, I really don't want to be saying "Ok, Google" in my home all the time. It's totally possible for me to go to work in a subway that has Google ads, waste time on my Pixel, work at the Google office for eight hours, waste time on my Pixel, walk past the same ads on the way home, watch YouTube videos and do Google searches about random topics, and ask Google to set an alarm before I go to sleep. It…
Just wait (a few years, perhaps) until you buy or rent that sweet new self-driving car and try to get out of town for some rest and relaxation... you turned off the radio, but that doesn't matter, because Big G uses the windshield as a billboard looming into your personal space, beaming ads to the most captive audience that exists.
Last year my parents rented a room at a 5 star hotel. The hotel had a smart mirror and I only ever saw that mirror play ads. It's insane.
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Considering Amazon uses "Alexa" and Apple uses "Siri" and Microsoft uses "Cortana", it is strange that Google opted not to pick an alternative name
Is out? Since when has Google been good at branding? Look at Google/Android TV’s history. Or even Google Play.
Google's Mid-2000s marketing and product-nomenclature was on-point though:
* Google Mail
* Google Maps
* Google Image Search
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There is a certain awkwardness I feel whenever I visit a friend who had smartified the house. "Oh, let me demonstrate this. Ok Google, turn off the lights." "Ok Google, turn on the lights now." "Ok Google, mute." "Ok Google, turn on the lights." "Ok Google, turn on the lights, damn it." "Ok Google, turn, on, the, lights---there you go. I swear it works better yesterday." Might as well just flip the switch myself, if…
Smart assistants need to be able to bind predefined activity to clapping. The clapper had the UX nailed. "Alexa, ask phillips hue to turn on the living room light" vs clap clap
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Agreed. And I have a small child. I _really_ don't want them to be forming "relationships" with brands by asking robot assistants named after corporations to do stuff.
You can also think of it as a robot assistant that is named after a number. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_numbers#Named_numbers
"I am not a number I am a free man!"
My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…
> Do these guys even use their product? This is a question that I too ask myself daily with a lot of the software that I deal with and depend on.
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Is out? Since when has Google been good at branding? Look at Google/Android TV’s history. Or even Google Play.
> Since when has Google been good at branding? Google's Mid-2000s marketing and product-nomenclature was on-point though: * Google Mail * Google Maps * Google Image Search