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Good article about the transition from devices to services. In the near future, we'll engage the services and the devices will be invisible. It's a matter of time to diminish the tech (beige PC → phone → watch → headphones → ?) and solve the UI problems.
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> If there's a way to control apps, navigate options, perform useful dictation, I haven't found it. I can barely get Siri to reliably start and stop audio playback. google assistant is getting close https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GILvyiWB7xY
Ok. Google Assistant is available for iPhone. I'll try it. Thank you. Continuing my rant... I know that Siri is impaired by choices Apple's made wrt to privacy or some such. But why does local voice recognition fail so often? Like while hiking or I'm in the basement. Surely some hybrid is possible. Does Siri really need network access to process a stop playback command? (I do fuss with the Voice Control features ever…
I also use my watch in ways the author does (though not to as extreme degree!) and do find it handy. But for me it's a convenience feature when my hands are full or I'm literally on the run. I was impressed by the level of effort described.
That being said: the idea of an audio-first future horrifies me. Audio and video are quite linear while a text article (like this post) are much easier to skim, read closely, and hop back to reread something. It can also be read in much less time than voice would take.
> The future will be audio-first. We’ll trade our tiny screens for always-in Airpods [...] No. It comes with a lot of drawbacks: - Speed. A lot of people can read a lot faster than your usual conversation speed (and in their own pace), while audio is at a rather constant speed, which you might not even be able to control. Additionally, you can easily re-read something when you missed it or did not understand it - doi…
I'm planning on eventually getting an Apple Watch so I can leave my phone at home, and want to try using a Tap keyboard with it. The Tap has mixed reviews, but I'd like to try out being able to input text using a mobile keyboard into the watch. I don't know if it would result in a satisfactory experience, but that's why I want to try it.
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There would need to be an incredible breakthrough in battery technology. Cellular radios just take up too much power for it to be a reasonable experience right now, unless you want to change watches mid-day.
There's no breakthrough necessary. The batteries are already good enough to manage standby with an occasional call, which meets the _phone_ needs of most users. The Apple Watch today is at least as good as a phone today as the iPhone was a decade ago. I can't even imagine the complexities of carrier/Apple politics to know what the real reasons are for why Apple hasn't allowed the watch to be standalone, but they aren…
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No kidding, it's hard to focus on the text because there's so many irrelevant animations firing all the time.
I'm curious if this is an age thing? I'm in my early 40s, and I cant stand animated gifs, I find that I have to close my eyes if they are in a presentation, or move them off the page in a website like the OP. But I see younger people making presentations at work that are littered with animations. To me it looks extremely unprofessional (both from the distraction and the usual childish nature of the images themselves)…
First privacy, I don't want my audio going to any server unless its used in a Google search. This is about on device ml. Also this requires internet access just to use voice commands, which is silly.
Another issue is all the health apps logging my bodys stats. Again if this was in device it would be okay.
Their was also a ux issue using the device is very slow with all the http , you have to speak, probably repeat because it missed something then wait until it repeats you intent. This is a very long process just to check something simple that would take a few seconds in a phone.
Also you look stupid repeating outloud the same thing in public to your watch.
The battery life is way too low as well
My 2 cents.
Instead of going watch-only, I went tablet-only for a while. That also discouraged doomscrolling as you’d have to dig the tablet from a bag instead of just grabbing a phone from a pocket. Sadly most tablets are not waterproof, and are quite awkward as cameras. Otherwise I’d probably still go without a phone (I have zero need for telephone calls or SMS)
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There's no breakthrough necessary. The batteries are already good enough to manage standby with an occasional call, which meets the _phone_ needs of most users. The Apple Watch today is at least as good as a phone today as the iPhone was a decade ago. I can't even imagine the complexities of carrier/Apple politics to know what the real reasons are for why Apple hasn't allowed the watch to be standalone, but they aren…
Which Apple Watch are you using? Because I can't make it a full day cellular only. It will die. I've tried. I have the series 6 with latest WatchOS.