Google Can Put Siri to Shame and Fix the Biggest Problem with Voice Assistants

This week, Google introduced one of the biggest redesigns to Android, which includes a wild new concept for giving voice commands: just talk normally — even if it's a multi-layered request that involves translations, texting and emoji. The Gemini AI programming, as it stretches across multiple Android devices like phones, watches and car systems, promises to solve what I feel is one of the biggest problems now in using voice assistants. We've been required to talk in a particular, choppy way — starting off with the right wake word, using the keyword that triggers the proper command, being careful to not get too casual. I am doing a delicate word-salad dance with Siri every time I try to ask it to play a certain Apple Music playlist. And yet, even simple commands don't always give the results you want. But with AI, can we finally have computers that get it our requests right? Apple made these promises to us before, with a AI-infused Siri that hasn't launched yet that is supposed to gi ... Read full article.