HomePod is not supported by Siri, which ranks last in the ranking of voice assistants. Wolf Initiatives. Apple’s AI rivals Google Assistant, Alexa and Cortana. According to tests, Siri can understand 99.4% of requests, but only respond to 52.3%. Very, very weak.
HomePod: less successful than Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa and Cortana
Compare, Google Assistant on Google Home succeeds in 81% of situations and emerges as a great champion of this experience. Behind, Alexa on the Amazon Echo lags behind, but still has a success rate well above Siri at 64%. Cortana has a 57% success rate.
Siri’s poor performance to blame Restrict it to target on HomePod. The smart speaker lacks certain features such as phone calls, reading emails, calendar and even geolocation. Inevitably, it doesn’t help Siri shine when responding to requests. So this doesn’t entirely question the effectiveness of Apple’s assistant, but rather appeals to Siri’s HomoPod, which doesn’t take advantage of its full potential.
The first returns, on the other hand, report excellent sound quality, which is lacking in Google Home, for example. That’s why HomePod seems to capture the audio part and fit in perfectly with other devices and the Apple ecosystem. Loup Ventures expects 7 million units to be sold despite the high price of $349. Apple has formalized the release of the HomePod in France for the spring of 2018.
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