Google’s digital Assistant is hobbled on Apple’s iPhone


  • TECH
  • Friday, 19 May 2017

Luke Peters demonstrates Siri, an application which uses voice recognition and detection on the iPhone 4S, outside the Apple store in Covent Garden, London October 14, 2011. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/Files

Some people think Google's virtual assistant beats Siri in reliability and capability. That may be true on Google's own devices, like the Pixel smartphone, but the Assistant is hobbled on the iPhone. 

During the keynote at the Google I/O conference this week, the Internet giant unveiled a version of its Assistant as an app for the iPhone. It has a slick design, integrates the company's ubiquitous search engine, and taps into Google services like Gmail and Google Calendar. The crowd of developers in the audience cheered: millions of new iPhone users to reach for innovative voice-based interactions. 

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