Neal, My understanding is that the app is just called Google. When I searched the word Google in the Apps store, the correct app was the first result that came up.
Alan Lemly Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 9, 2015, at 2:13 PM, Neal Ewers <neal.ew...@ravenswood.org> wrote: > > Alan, is this the google voice app, or the google now app? > > Thanks much. > > Neal > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Alan Lemly > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 1:45 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: SIRI LAGGING BEHIND OTHERS! > > With the Google app, you are able to launch the voice service by speaking > "Okay Google" when the app is open. This is similar to the "Hey Siri" feature > recently added to iOS but it doesn't require that your device be plugged into > a power source. > > I find that occasionally saying "Okay Google" has no response from their > built-in voice but when that happens, I simply double tap the Voice Search > button in the bottom center of the screen and I get the tone telling me it's > ready to hear my question. > > I think the Google voice service works far and away better than Siri. At > least that's been my experience with the type of questions I ask. > > Alan Lemly > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Deidre Muccio > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 11:52 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: SIRI LAGGING BEHIND OTHERS! > > You say that “Ok, Google” is found in the Google app. > Can you explain further? > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Kathy Metters > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 12:46 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: SIRI LAGGING BEHIND OTHERS! > > Siri is very limited. I love using ok google, found in the Google app. The > only answer i get from Siri is: here's what I found on the web. Ok google > gives direct answers 85 percent of the time and when I am referred to the > web, the results are much easier to work with than using the web results from > Siri. > > Katie Lady Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 6, 2015, at 2:10 PM, Jim Ruby <j...@blindsea.com> wrote: > > Yes, Siri can do some things, but not as much as the others. To me she is way > to limited and in some cases down right stupid. Just my opinion. > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > carol.pearso...@googlemail.com > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 4:03 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: SIRI LAGGING BEHIND OTHERS! > > Hi all, > > I've been a bit annoyed with Siri lately, to say the least, to the point > where I'm really not using her very much at all, but getting much better > success with Google (when I can get the iPhone app to work) and like what > I've heard of Quantana. > > Well, don't want to stray too much from the point but I did try Siri first > yesterday, asking in various ways where the Poundland shop was in my home > town. Well, I got nowhere and in fact would havge gone round and round in > never-ending circles if I hadn't just stopped Siri and returned to the Google > app. I asked the question: "Where is the Poundland shop in Reading" and got > an immediate response with the address. I was chuffed. > > I wonder if it's time for us to make comments to Apple on Siri's seeming lack > of response to those everyday questions? > > Have other had experience of Siri that has tended to put you off her use? If > so, what sort of things have you asked. Maybe someone else on list may know > just how to get the correct answer - but I know I just ask in a way that I > think should be understood and can't often remember a correct method! > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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