still1 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 We non-Jelly Bean plebeians have been envious of those with access to Android 4.1 for some timenow, and a recent video from JLishere provides yet another reason to be jealous. The video, a demo of the much-anticipated Google Now, shows off just how accurate JB's voice recognition can be - in fact, it was able to pick up on the subtle differences between words like 'Worcester' and 'Wooster.' It also exemplifies the impressive number of commands Now (in cooperation with theKnowledge Graph) can register - from "call the Drake Hotel" to "do a barrel roll."Enough balderdash, though - watch the 47-question demo for yourself:One last note: as JLishere notes in the video description, the demo was performed on an early buildof Jelly Bean - this, in other words, should be considered a beta feature that will only get better with time. If that doesn't leave you excited about Android's future, I don't know what will. http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/07/03/video-extensive-google-now-demo-shows-how-powerful-it-already-is-leaves-us-excited-about-its-future/ FiB3R 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheElite Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Wow. Not only is Google Now spot on, it destroys Siri. Now it's Google that's vastly improved upon something. Shaun N., remixedcat and Hardcore Til I Die 3 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594977151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KibosJ Subscriber² Posted July 3, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted July 3, 2012 WOW That looks impressive! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594977155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffydemon Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Thats really Cool! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594977173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Great video, I'm impressed. :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594977191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
still1 Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Wow. Not only is Google Now spot on, it destroys Siri. Now it's Google that's vastly improved upon something. its faster than siri too Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594977583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheElite Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Not only has this only benefit of the iPhone 4S over the iPhone become redundant, the S3's S Voice just got ****ed on by Google Now as well. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594977759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Angel Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Looks as if GN is a serious competitor to Siri. And that can only mean one thing: A fresh round of iLawsuits and angry iFans. Ently 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594977763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoLiMiT06 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 *Waits for Apple lawsuit* :whistle: Looks great, to bad my Evo 3D will never see Jellybean. ICS is buggy as hell thanks to htc not releasing source so devs can get us a stable build of AOSP ICS. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594977781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted July 4, 2012 Member Share Posted July 4, 2012 Very impressive. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594977879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
赛博朋克 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Wow. Impressive. :woot: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594978099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
still1 Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594983163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted July 6, 2012 Supervisor Share Posted July 6, 2012 YES it can do the barrel roll :D all is well Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594983169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
still1 Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Follow-up: 20 more voice searches on Jelly Bean Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594983181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boz Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Truly impressive. The future is here. Can you imagine how well this will translate to Glass. Cupertino start your copiers. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594983183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Til I Die Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 On another site I visit, iPhone fans are saying that Siri has all of this capability. They're saying that it's exactly the same, even though Siri just defaults to a google search and doesn't read out answers aloud half of the time. The best thing about GVS is the speed! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594986315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detection Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 The question "Who founded Napster" appeared after a different question way before he asked it, pre-rehearsed for video, probably highly trained to his voice too Found a link to it, it doesn't work on the Transformer, it replaces the Google search button but soon as I press the mic button it enables and disables voice instantly so no chance to talk Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594986337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmanchu Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Looks as if GN is a serious competitor to Siri. And that can only mean one thing: A fresh round of iLawsuits and angry iFans. iAngry! remixedcat 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594986391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 yey barrel roll!!! Alera 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594986399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorwing Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Looks awesome. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594986425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted July 7, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted July 7, 2012 While it looks impressive, I'm curious as to how this service performs outside of the US. It's well known that Siri is a a mere shadow of what it could be like in the UK, I'm wondering if this is going to be similar. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594986509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livin in a box Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 While it looks impressive, I'm curious as to how this service performs outside of the US. It's well known that Siri is a a mere shadow of what it could be like in the UK, I'm wondering if this is going to be similar. There's so many accents though in the UK that it's difficult. Sometimes I wonder if anyone outside of the north-east can tell what those geordies going on about... :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594986513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Dave- Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 surely this is a biased test. there's MILLIONS of people using the siri servers ( no doubt the same servers are handling requests from both ios 5 and 6 ), yet only a handful ( ~ 1000's ) in comparison will be using googles voice search systems, thus be faster Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594986519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 surely this is a biased test. there's MILLIONS of people using the siri servers ( no doubt the same servers are handling requests from both ios 5 and 6 ), yet only a handful ( ~ 1000's ) in comparison will be using googles voice search systems, thus be faster It's naturally faster because it has Google's vast knowledge of optimizing it's search engine behind it, something none of it's competitors has Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594986533 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Til I Die Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 surely this is a biased test. there's MILLIONS of people using the siri servers ( no doubt the same servers are handling requests from both ios 5 and 6 ), yet only a handful ( ~ 1000's ) in comparison will be using googles voice search systems, thus be faster That doesn't explain why it's a lot faster than Siri was in the iPhone 4S keynote. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1088607-google-now-demo/#findComment-594986535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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