▲ 257 ▼ Google lays off employees working on its voice assistant (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments Google lays off employees working on its voice assistant::Up to 20 employees working on Google's Assistant team have been cut.
[–] eltrain123@lemmy.world 76 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children) . permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) Alexa is the same and used to work fine. My favorite is “Alexa, turn on the fan” turns on the fan in my mother’s room but “Alexa, turn off the fan”correctly turns off the fan in my bedroom. I ended up getting a HomePod and using home assistant to add all my devices to HomeKit. Shit on Siri all you want but at least she can turn the right devices on and off and on first try. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago The enshittification will continue until quarterly profits improve... ...then they will continue to continue. permalink fedilink source parent [–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I unplugged mine a few weeks ago. I realized literally the only thing I use it for is occasionally finding my phone.. besides that, it fucks up basically every instruction I give it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] realharo@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (3 children) It works reasonably well for timers, alarms and weather. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TryingToEscapeTarkov@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Mine is a glorified kitchen timer that occasionally plays Spotify while I do dishes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] slumberlust@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Except that it ALWAYS continues to listen after the command and you have to yell at it to fuck off. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wrinkletip@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago Oh really? I can no longer get it to set a recurring alarm every monday through thursday. It's just not understanding any of the commands there that it did before. permalink fedilink source parent [–] h0rnman@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago I've never before been so glad to read about someone else's misfortune. Mine have been doing this for MONTHS and I thought it was just me imagining things permalink fedilink source parent [–] zwaetschgeraeuber@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago same. throwing out my speakers as they understand less each day as it feels. now its only a clap light switch and everything else, i at least have to ask 2 times permalink fedilink source parent [–] Happenchance@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Unplugged mine last week. Fuck em. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Spellinbee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Honestly, I pretty much only use mine for relatively cheap home speaker groups. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Every time I hear about some proprietary thing getting effectively bricked by the company that sold them so they don't have to support them forever, I wonder "what did you think was going to happen?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) Alexa is the same and used to work fine. My favorite is “Alexa, turn on the fan” turns on the fan in my mother’s room but “Alexa, turn off the fan”correctly turns off the fan in my bedroom. I ended up getting a HomePod and using home assistant to add all my devices to HomeKit. Shit on Siri all you want but at least she can turn the right devices on and off and on first try. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago The enshittification will continue until quarterly profits improve... ...then they will continue to continue. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago The enshittification will continue until quarterly profits improve... ...then they will continue to continue. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I unplugged mine a few weeks ago. I realized literally the only thing I use it for is occasionally finding my phone.. besides that, it fucks up basically every instruction I give it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] realharo@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (3 children) It works reasonably well for timers, alarms and weather. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TryingToEscapeTarkov@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Mine is a glorified kitchen timer that occasionally plays Spotify while I do dishes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] slumberlust@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Except that it ALWAYS continues to listen after the command and you have to yell at it to fuck off. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wrinkletip@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago Oh really? I can no longer get it to set a recurring alarm every monday through thursday. It's just not understanding any of the commands there that it did before. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] realharo@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (3 children) It works reasonably well for timers, alarms and weather. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TryingToEscapeTarkov@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Mine is a glorified kitchen timer that occasionally plays Spotify while I do dishes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] slumberlust@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Except that it ALWAYS continues to listen after the command and you have to yell at it to fuck off. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wrinkletip@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago Oh really? I can no longer get it to set a recurring alarm every monday through thursday. It's just not understanding any of the commands there that it did before. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TryingToEscapeTarkov@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Mine is a glorified kitchen timer that occasionally plays Spotify while I do dishes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] slumberlust@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Except that it ALWAYS continues to listen after the command and you have to yell at it to fuck off. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wrinkletip@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago Oh really? I can no longer get it to set a recurring alarm every monday through thursday. It's just not understanding any of the commands there that it did before. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] h0rnman@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago I've never before been so glad to read about someone else's misfortune. Mine have been doing this for MONTHS and I thought it was just me imagining things permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zwaetschgeraeuber@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago same. throwing out my speakers as they understand less each day as it feels. now its only a clap light switch and everything else, i at least have to ask 2 times permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Happenchance@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Unplugged mine last week. Fuck em. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Spellinbee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Honestly, I pretty much only use mine for relatively cheap home speaker groups. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Spellinbee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Honestly, I pretty much only use mine for relatively cheap home speaker groups. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Every time I hear about some proprietary thing getting effectively bricked by the company that sold them so they don't have to support them forever, I wonder "what did you think was going to happen?" permalink fedilink source parent