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Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by blhack »

eddieroger wrote: post #46

I fell for Google Now when I booted my old Nexus to test test something, and Google Now had read through my emails and showed me a tracking status for a UPS package I was expecting. I was pretty jealous of that functionality, but never convinced to go back to Android just for one feature. Now, I really have no reason. It's also pretty telling of something when more iOS devices have Google Now than Android devices do.

I had a similar "whoa" moment a couple of weeks ago.

Google alerted me that I should leave for Santa Barbara "now".

Which was really, really weird for me, since I was already halfway there (from Phoenix).

Apparently, it had read through my emails, seen a receipt for sigur ros tickets from ticketmaster, figured out where I was, and already calculated how long it would take me to get there.

That is insanely awesome.

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by cocoflunchy »

hadem wrote: post #45
cargo8 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not surprised at all. The mobile market is a much more compelling _user scenario_ than desktop, both in terms of the user-need and the user-interface. On mobile, the user-need can be satisfied much better with additional sensor data that aren't common in computers today. The user-interface, too, is why it's a much more compelling mobile offering than a desktop offering (collating all that information in mobile be…

They really have been doing very well on iOS recently. So much so, most of the stock Apple apps have been replaced by a Google app. It is really making me think about switching to Android.

Unfortunately the Gmail app for instance is better on iOS than on Android... I'm jealous. Hopefully Mailbox for Android will come soon.

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

#83

Post by songgao »

psbp wrote: post #75
songgao wrote: post #68

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So it's a initialization delay? If you add something in your calendar, does that pop up as a card right away?

When is the event? Reminders usually pop up the night before the event for me.

I tried to put it like 1 hour in the future, or 30 min in the future. I think I wanted to ask is, if you add an event that it should pop up now (e.g., it's in the evening, and the just added event is tomorrow), does it show up instantly or is there a delay for Google Now to find out about the event?

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by hrayr »

songgao wrote: post #50

Has anybody else tried it on iPhone? Mine only shows a wether card, and a map card showing me the way home now; nothing more. I even tried creating event in my calendar (both Google and iOS calendars) but no card is added. Is there a significant sync delay for Google Now to retrieve information?

Have patience, the cards will appear when they're most useful. Also, the calendar cards don't appear when you make the appointment, it shows up to remind you and possibly give you an estimated time from where you are to the location of the appointment.

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

#86

Post by adfadf »

herge wrote: post #71
untog wrote: post #66

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Funny, if Apple trawled through your email, calendar and search history to pull a stunt like this people would be up in arms. Would they? Is there any precedent here of Apple scraping user info? The usual complaints against Apple (mine included) is that their systems are far too locked down and closed to competition- not that they do funny stuff with my data.

Remember the hubbub two years ago when Apple was collecting GPS data? http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/04/iphone-customers-laws...

IIRC they did that without informing or asking their users for permission. Contrast that with android which is opt-in.

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by sandipc »

[deleted] wrote: post #57
eddieroger wrote: post #46

I fell for Google Now when I booted my old Nexus to test test something, and Google Now had read through my emails and showed me a tracking status for a UPS package I was expecting. I was pretty jealous of that functionality, but never convinced to go back to Android just for one feature. Now, I really have no reason. It's also pretty telling of something when more iOS devices have Google Now than Android devices do.

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As you probably know, Google Now is on Jelly Bean and up (Android 4.1+)

According to Google's own statistics, just 25% of Android devices [that access the Play store] are on Jelly Bean. Almost 70% are on Ice Cream Sandwich or Gingerbread.

http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html

Not sure how many iOS devices have the Google Search app installed, but I wouldn't be surprised if the percentage of total iOS devices with Google Now is > 25%...

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

#88

Post by hyperbovine »

blhack wrote: post #81
eddieroger wrote: post #46

I fell for Google Now when I booted my old Nexus to test test something, and Google Now had read through my emails and showed me a tracking status for a UPS package I was expecting. I was pretty jealous of that functionality, but never convinced to go back to Android just for one feature. Now, I really have no reason. It's also pretty telling of something when more iOS devices have Google Now than Android devices do.

I had a similar "whoa" moment a couple of weeks ago. Google alerted me that I should leave for Santa Barbara "now". Which was really, really weird for me, since I was already halfway there (from Phoenix). Apparently, it had read through my emails, seen a receipt for sigur ros tickets from ticketmaster, figured out where I was, and already calculated how long it would take me to get there. That is insanely awesome .

Or, terrifying. Take your pick :)

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by keso »

blhack wrote: post #81
eddieroger wrote: post #46

I fell for Google Now when I booted my old Nexus to test test something, and Google Now had read through my emails and showed me a tracking status for a UPS package I was expecting. I was pretty jealous of that functionality, but never convinced to go back to Android just for one feature. Now, I really have no reason. It's also pretty telling of something when more iOS devices have Google Now than Android devices do.

I had a similar "whoa" moment a couple of weeks ago. Google alerted me that I should leave for Santa Barbara "now". Which was really, really weird for me, since I was already halfway there (from Phoenix). Apparently, it had read through my emails, seen a receipt for sigur ros tickets from ticketmaster, figured out where I was, and already calculated how long it would take me to get there. That is insanely awesome .

I don't know if Google Now is that clever.

If you had an event in a calendar which had something in the "Location"-field it took the location you should be at from there.

Still it is a "whoa" moment. :)

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