Google Assistant will no longer support a number of underutilized features to focus on improving quality and reliability.

Looks like a bunch of features are being removed due to “underutilization”

  • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
    50·
    1 year ago

    Google Assistant has become so awful in the past few years.

    Ok Google, give me directions to John’s house

    “Ok, navigating you to John’s Lake House Restaurant”

    Bitch, I have a SAVED ADDRESS in Google Maps titled “John’s House.” Why would you not assume I wanted to go there instead of some restaurant 3 hours away?

    • Norgur@kbin.social
      251·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, Like, we are facing a world where faking a celebrity’s voice and having it respond to everything you say completely life-like is a matter of minutes while the “smart” speaker in your house talks like a robocall from the 90s and doesn’t understand a single thing when you don’t adhere to a very specific command syntax.

      • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        1 year ago

        OK Google, search for Asparagus and feta appetizer recipe

        “I’m sorry, I don’t know how to help with that” and then closes.

        SHOW ME THE SEARCH RESULTS

        • Norgur@kbin.social
          8·
          1 year ago

          Ok Google, switch off the TV.(that is in the same room as you in the Google home app)
          “I’m sorry, I don’t know how to help with that”
          Ok Google, switch off the TV in the living room
          “There was a problem. Please try again in a few seconds”
          Gnah! Ok Google, switch off the TV in the living room!!!
          “Okay, 10h Video of switch off sounds is being played on the device ‘bedroom’”
          What. The. Fuck.?!

    • cafeinux@infosec.pubEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      The only use I have for Google Assistant is to call people when I’m in my car, and even then it doesn’t work correctly.

      • “Call <wife’s first name>” -> Calls a business in a neighbouring country which happens to have the same (common) name as my wife.
      • “Call <wife’s first and last name>” -> Calls my wife.
      • “Call <father’s first and last name>” -> Calls another business in the same neighbouring country which name contains my father’s first and last name.
      • “Call <father’s first name>” -> Calls my father.

      Wtf really. Those two businesses must keep wondering who’s that number that keeps calling them at absurd times from another country and never leaves a message, because I can never remember who I must use the full name of…

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      I just asked that the other day to do what I would consider. One of the most basic tasks, add something to my shopping list. It didn’t and I got to the store and it said I had no list, so I really don’t know why I have them anymore except for speaker abilities