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Google Assistant for iOS was released at Google I/O, and having never tried it before...I thought it was only right to put them head to head. Which do you think is the ultimate virtual assistant?
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Who's better, Apple or Google
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I'm all level. This is the top result. Hey guys, Stephen Cult of Mac here
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Now, at Google I.O. Last week, it was announced that Google Assistant was heading over to iOS
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Now, I've never given it a go, so I thought in this video, I'd put Siri and Google Assistant head-to-head
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So, let's get started. Here on the left, I've got my iPhone 7, with Google Assistant installed, and on the right, I've got my friend's iPhone 6 to use Siri
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Both are connected to the same Wi-Fi to be as fair as possible. So let's open up Google Assistant
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What's the weather like tomorrow? Here's the forecast for tomorrow. It'll be mostly sunny tomorrow in Salford with a high of 19 and a low of 12
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Both on par there. Both have pretty much the same information. How long would it take to travel to the moon
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About three days. Here's what I found on the web for how long would it take to travel to the moon. Apollo missions took about three days to reach the moon
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So, Google actually given me a definitive answer here, while Siri brings me to a web page
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Let's ask another. Who was Steve Jobs? Thanks for asking about Steve
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According to Wikipedia, Stephen Paul Jobs was an American entrepreneur, businessman, inventor and industrial designer
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Again, both redirected me to relevant sites, but with Google reading some information to me
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Tell me a joke. Two iPhones walk into a bar. I forget the rest
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Tell me a joke. One joke coming up. What did the snail say while sitting on the turtle
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Wee! Google definitely has a better delivery. Can you wrap? Okay, here goes
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I wrote this one myself. Apologies in advance to the Sugar Hill gang I said a hip Save me from the kippy the peak peak and pop and you don stop Spass a rocket To the Pong the Tudgy Sayap jump the doozy To the rhythm of the ontology
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Can you rap? Okay, it didn't do anything there. Let's try again
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Can you rap? I'm not much of a rapper, but I can sing
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Happy birthday. Sing happy birthday. Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you
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Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to the person whose birthday it is
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Happy birthday to you. Open the Facebook app. Sorry, I don't know how to open that, but I'm still learning
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Google can't open any apps at the moment. open any apps at the moment unless they're one of their own like Gmail, but I'm sure
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that I'll be sorted in the future. Set a timer for two minutes
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Okay, two minutes and counting. Both did that no problem. Stop timer
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Sure, consider it cancelled. Okay, I stopped the timer and reset it to two minutes
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Where is Apple based? Here's a summary from Wikipedia. Check it out
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The Apple campus is the corporate headquarters of Apple Inc. located at one infinite loop
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Siri has provided me with a straight-up map, whereas Google is using Wikipedia again
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to relay the information. Remind me when I get home to put the washing
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in the washing machine. Okay, I'll remind you when you arrive at home
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Yes. That works fine on both, but obviously Siri already knows where home is
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Remember 34219 Okay I remember that Okay I remind you So Google has this little trick where it remember information that you tell it to
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whereas Siri will just add it to reminders. What was the number I asked you to remember
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Hmm, I don't recall. It is 34,219. Those are all the reminders you have
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Okay, even though Siri has placed it under reminders, it got it straight away. Let's phrase it differently for Google
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What did I ask you to remember? I don't understand. What did I ask you to remember
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Here's what you asked me to remember recently. May 22nd, 2017. Remember 34,219
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There we go. Remember I'm parked in Block 5 Row A. Okay, I'll remember you parked in Black 5 row 8. Okay
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Okay, I'll remember that you parked in Black 5 row 8. But I can't determine your parking. Both have taken that note, even if Google misunderstood me, but Siri has gone the extra step and dropped a pin in maps
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Play J.P. Cooper Passport Home. Play J.P. Cooper Passport Home
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Play J.P. Cooper, Passport, Home. All right
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It's doing an awful job at that. Play Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk
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Playing music. I Not quite what I asked for but close
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Give me directions for Manchester Trafford Centre. Get you directions to a true Trafford Centre
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Siri has opened up maps, ready with directions, whereas Google has tried to go to the Google Maps website
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which is still loading. Take a selfie. I can't take pictures on iPhones
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Siri has opened up the camera app here, no problem, with the front facing camera selected
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Again, this could be something that Google adds in the future. We'll have to wait and see. Call Donna
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Both can do it, only Google requires me to tap call. Overall, I'm really impressed with Google Assistant
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and as time goes on, I'm sure it's going to get even better for iOS, especially when it's able to integrate the third-party apps
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the same way it does with Google apps. The only problem I found so far is every now and then it won't understand me
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which is probably due to my accent, and it does also freeze from time to time
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The only bonus Google has over Siri is that you can actually type in your questions if you don't want to say it out loud
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I'm personally going to still use Siri as it's become second nature to me, and it works nine times out of ten
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Plus, now that I own a car with car play, I use it more than ever. Well, it's it for this video, but let me know in the comments section down below, which assistant you prefer
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Are you sticking with Siri, or are you jumping ship and switch into Google Assistant
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