Samsung demos S Voice, a Siri-like natural language interface for the Galaxy S III

2. HussamAldean posted on 03 May 2012, 13:51 20 4

voice command was available in SGS2 before even siri was lunchec :)

4. Muhannad posted on 03 May 2012, 14:03 20 4

*Voice commands existed in Android before Siri was launched.

36. sgtdisturbed47 posted on 03 May 2012, 15:51 0 1

Voice Commands existed before Android.

The point here isn't that Samsung stole Siri. Instead, they are trying to capture what Siri is, which is an intuitive voice Assistant, which is more than just voice commands. Sure, they are pretty much using the same idea that Apple made popular with Siri, but they haven't stolen any sort of proprietary technology. Samsung has been caught copying from Apple before and were court-ordered to change things, so they are being more careful with the S Voice as to not have it shut down because of any sort of copyright enfringement.

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3. soooyeaaa posted on 03 May 2012, 13:52 17 4

what a shock you would be the first one to post about it... troll

6. Sniggly posted on 03 May 2012, 14:18 9 1

I must concede that S voice is a competitive response to Siri. However, I must say next:

So. What?

You obviously don't give a s**t when Apple takes cues from Android (which is often) so why should we care when an Android manufacturer takes a cue from Apple, when, UNLIKE Apple, the result ends up BETTER than the competition?

8. biophone posted on 03 May 2012, 14:22 0 0

Agree with your whole post. Except the better than the competition part.

13. Sniggly posted on 03 May 2012, 14:32 6 1

From what little I've heard about S voice, it offers expanded functionality over Siri.

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15. taco50 (banned) posted on 03 May 2012, 14:37 2 7

Exactly you know nothing about it, haven't tried it, but in your mind it's already better.

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20. Sniggly posted on 03 May 2012, 14:46 5 1

No, I haven't tried it yet, but some examples of its functionality have already been listed. The alarm snooze option is one thing that I am sure Siri can't do.

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10. networkdood posted on 03 May 2012, 14:28 3 1

we all know that Taco works for APPLE, or is just being sadistic...
Why would someone come on a phone site and spend countless hours trying to degrade an operating system? Money? Stock? I don't know.

22. remixfa posted on 03 May 2012, 14:55 4 1

apple would never pay taco. They would have more positive advertising by spray painting their logo on an angry bull and letting it loose in a flea market.

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40. andro. posted on 03 May 2012, 18:55 1 1

Taco works for apple but he prob pays them so that he can work there,the life of an ifan can be tough

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9. networkdood posted on 03 May 2012, 14:25 4 1

You would think that Apple owns voice commands....dude, APPLE bought SIRI and did not invent it.

18. taco50 (banned) posted on 03 May 2012, 14:39 2 7

Umm that would be you constantly bashing Apple.

And google bought android

34. erdatp posted on 03 May 2012, 15:32 1 2

The way Samsung show S Voice is just so sad .. No creativity

12. taz89 posted on 03 May 2012, 14:31 2 2

hey mate how can it be a copy if the s2 already had voice technolgy built in before and also the s voice does more than siri does..you can open apps with it,wake the phone etc...will say the ui is very siri like

17. taco50 (banned) posted on 03 May 2012, 14:38 2 5

Do more? Can it do more overall? You haven't been tried it.

Of course the UI is very Siri like. Everything Samsung does is Apple like.

24. taz89 posted on 03 May 2012, 14:57 2 2

did you watch the show? have you read the hands on?you can ask it to open apps etc and wake the phone up.does siri do that? does the s3 look anything like the iphone and will be funny when the iphone 5 comes out and you will say that the s3 copied the iphone 5 even though it came out 1st.

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27. taco50 (banned) posted on 03 May 2012, 15:02 4 4

After multiple lawsuits Samsung changed the look.

Siri controls apps as well. You saw one little gimmick and now the copycat is better.

Try it out first and get back to me

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29. taz89 posted on 03 May 2012, 15:10 1 1

siri can not open apps unless your jailbroken....so its a gimmick if samusng do it but not when apple do it...i guarantee siri in ios 6 will have features of s voice and you not going to say apple copied samsung...why do you care so much about who did what 1st. apple did not exactly do everything 1st...siri wasnt the 1st of its kind.

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31. taco50 (banned) posted on 03 May 2012, 15:19 2 2

Siri controls all of Apple's apps like notes, reminders, email, text etc. knowing Apple the next step is to open it to 3rd party Apps.

Actually Siri was a first on smartphones.

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32. taz89 posted on 03 May 2012, 15:29 2 1

no it wasnt the 1st of its kind,there were apps that did those things before all apple did was make it ''better''(depends on who you ask) and implement it in the os...samsung have added features to the already built in voice recognition in android and made it better...how can you copy something that you were able to do before...on the s2 i could ask for weather,play music,navigate etc via voice even before the 4s was even announced.

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26. protozeloz posted on 03 May 2012, 14:59 2 1

for starters can Siri open your camera?

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39. andro. posted on 03 May 2012, 18:52 1 1

voice commands have been on android phones for years,you taco are just aware of this function now as apple have a 'siri' title slapped onto the feature and passed it off to you as ground breaking in the iphone 4$$$$$$

42. InspectorGadget80 posted on 03 May 2012, 20:50 1 1

SHOCKING u keep saying the SAME SHYT

16. MorePhonesThanNeeded posted on 03 May 2012, 14:38 2 0

Lots of people, especially those driving. The NTSB wants cell phone use to be federal law and what not, so this will definitely come in handy if it's totally handsfree and recognizes natural voice commands to do what you want it to without taking your eyes off the road. The better integrated this is into the OS the better and since Android OS has pretty much had voice integration from jump, it should pan out to be something that is the norm and not just a marketing tool. Every Siri commercial I have seen, the individual is always holding the phone, what about when you are driving and you can't get a hold of your phone? Practical uses, writing notes, texting and what not is fine, but I want it to go into vehicle mode and ready to take commands, like I'm lost, how do I get to xxxx. In turn it brings up Google maps and asks you street name and number and city if need be. Handsfree calling should route either through your bluetooth or your cars integrated system like in BMW's. I'm not in proprietary stuff like apple and porsche are into, screw that make it available on every car make and manufacturer for safety reasons.

28. DIYguy posted on 03 May 2012, 15:07 0 0

Yes there are one or two real applications. Imagine a car. Mom is driving the car and the rest of the family is yelling in the car, still easy? In a car there is LOTS of background noise and you need one hell of a background noise cancellation system just to get your commands through. And if you try to TALK to someone while in the car, driving it is very hard to do anything.

I can't really imagine any other uses for the voice commands other then samsungs "snooze" command and will probably never use any voice commands.

Of course if someone really wants to use this almost totally useless feature then go right ahead

30. DIYguy posted on 03 May 2012, 15:10 0 0

And no I didn't read your comment

Oh, one more application! If you're trapped by your ankles on a cliff hanging downwards and your phone would fall off and you need to call for help. THEN you can shout to your phone. Oh and it must be a very small cliff, otherwise your phone would break when it falls...

23. remixfa posted on 03 May 2012, 14:56 2 3

i use voice commands quite often and way before siri came out.

35. taz89 posted on 03 May 2012, 15:47 0 0

apparently thats impossible as there was no such thing as voice commands before siri

38. gwuhua1984 posted on 03 May 2012, 16:37 1 0

Actually, it existed, but just never talked back like siri did..

I wonder how it'd feel to have an fight/argument with siri.... could be fun

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41. andro. posted on 03 May 2012, 18:58 0 0

I would say about 1 in 50 customers we have instore say they use or care anything at all about voice commands,its not a required function for the majority of people

25. remixfa posted on 03 May 2012, 14:58 1 2

U made me laugh. ;) for some reason I read that whole.thing in a dennis Leary voice and it was great