How often do you use your phone's personal assistant (Google Now, Siri, Cortana)?

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Posts: 31331; Member since: Feb 05, 2011

I use Siri daily, making calls, and playing music mostly.

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 8:51 AM 4

Posts: 3718; Member since: Nov 03, 2012

Does she talk to you? ;)

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 8:52 AM 1

Posts: 1697; Member since: Feb 11, 2013

works out with siri "siri can you spot me, i need to do 5 more rep"

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 8:57 AM 10

Posts: 31331; Member since: Feb 05, 2011

At least I work out.

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 9:19 AM 6

Posts: 1697; Member since: Feb 11, 2013

yeah i dont work out with siri ;9

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 9:26 AM 3

Posts: 31331; Member since: Feb 05, 2011

My wife talks to me, and more ;)

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 9:19 AM 5

Dumb insinuation in post #3 - you can turn off audio reply (but keep audio reply for hands free use, such as in car for obvious reasons). So you can use Siri without hearing a peep from her. But yes Siri does reply and with different tone as well as different confirmation dialogs.

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 3:12 PM 0

23. engineer-1701d unregistered

I think people are bs on this vote like the Google now people saying never use it. Lite they have never set reminder. Stop watch. Timer. Looked up a store name to get hours and location i can't believe 35% never used it

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 9:43 AM 3

25. GROBARIZACIJA

Posts: 10; Member since: Jun 26, 2013

Never.

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 9:46 AM 2

26. _moboy

Posts: 62; Member since: Feb 09, 2015

Yes I've never used it... Not that I don't want to, I just never remember to use it.

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 9:48 AM 0

50. cezarepc

Posts: 718; Member since: Nov 23, 2012

Yeah voice assistants are more than a gimmick IMO. I ONLY use them for setting up alarms, reminders, and occasional fun online searches. Very convenient.

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 12:53 PM 2

54. PhoenixWright

Posts: 102; Member since: Feb 11, 2013

I had WP/Apple/Android and I've never used any voice assistant. I used android most so i placed never google but it should be never on all 3.

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 1:58 PM 1

71. Canaan

Posts: 351; Member since: May 25, 2014

I use Keep for reminders, click in the clock widget for alarms or stop watch, use google chrome to search for locations and stores. All typed by me since Google Now is quite useless as it never gets what I say right, don't have those issues with Siri on my iPad.

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 4:17 PM 0

2. itsdeepak4u2000

Posts: 3718; Member since: Nov 03, 2012

Once in a while (Google Now).

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 8:52 AM 2

10. Finalflash

Posts: 4063; Member since: Jul 23, 2013

Every few days for google now, to check currency or unit conversions and translations and such.

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 9:12 AM 1

88. timukh

Posts: 295; Member since: Feb 04, 2013

I am a huge football (soccer) fan, so I have set up all my fav teams and that way I get to know when the next match is and at what time. Very convinient for me. And as far as voice commands, that will be maybe once every 2-3 days.

posted on Apr 08, 2015, 1:06 AM 0

4. sip1995

Posts: 1771; Member since: Feb 07, 2014

I used Cortana daily, but now i have the G2 i never use Google now....looks useless, for me at least

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 8:54 AM 3

9. joey_sfb

Posts: 6794; Member since: Mar 29, 2012

Cortana is DOA. A really poor imitation of Siri.

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 9:02 AM 6

21. Smarter

Posts: 60; Member since: Jul 18, 2014

I agree with joey sfb. Cortana is hardly used, smartphone users like Siri and G now.

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 9:32 AM 2

51. cezarepc

Posts: 718; Member since: Nov 23, 2012

I know this is just a poll and some people maybe trolling it but for a proper analysis you have to look at it on a per OS level: Figures as of 02:04 PM EST: Windows 53.62% Daily (Cortana) 17.39% Once every 2-3 days (Cortana) 15.94% Weekly (Cortana) 13.04% Never (Cortana) Android 41.98% Never (Google Now) 26.15% Daily (Google Now) 15.94% Weekly (Google Now) 15.94% Once every 2-3 days (Google Now) iOS 54.30% Never (Siri) 18.28% Weekly (Siri) 14.52% Once every 2-3 days (Siri) 12.90% Daily (Siri) As you can see Never (Siri) and Never (Google Now) tops the list for their respective OS, while Daily (Cortana) tops for Windows. Just goes to show that a big chunk of Android and IOS users never use their voice assistants, while more than half of Windows users use Cortana Daily.

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 1:07 PM 5

67. mrochester

Posts: 1021; Member since: Aug 17, 2014

The issue with collating the results in this way is that people voting are not statistically representative of the population at large. This site has a massive Android bias so the Android result is probably statistically the most representative of the lot, just by sheer volume. With so few Windows Phone users, the people visiting this site AND using Windows Phone are probably the sort of people who are more likely to make use of the voice assistant features, but they probably aren't representative of the wider population.

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 3:28 PM 1

77. joey_sfb

Posts: 6794; Member since: Mar 29, 2012

Microsoft create a lot of negative emotion in people. I rather use any brand than Microsoft and I think there a lot of people feel that way. Negative 8 wow! Microsoft, you are it. http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-tops-Apple-in-consumer-loyalty-benchmark_id67975

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 6:29 PM 0

90. cezarepc

Posts: 718; Member since: Nov 23, 2012

True. The only real way to measure this is if Microsoft, Google, and Apple will release the usage statistics of their users (anonymously of course) - which will never happen.

posted on Apr 08, 2015, 4:17 AM 0

5. srvricky

Posts: 18; Member since: Jul 14, 2013

I only use it to set alarm ;)

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 8:55 AM 0

7. Avesperia

Posts: 5; Member since: Mar 03, 2015

On android , Google Now is useless, doing stuff manually is more convenient! and what is the point of googling stuff in Google Now when it needs a browser to open pages!

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 9:00 AM 3

8. UglyFrank

Posts: 2194; Member since: Jan 23, 2014

Google now all the time

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 9:02 AM 1

11. Arthurhkt

Posts: 726; Member since: Apr 19, 2012

PA, you guys forgot to add in BlackBerry Assistant.

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 9:13 AM 2

47. Sauce5 unregistered

Whats a BlackBerry?

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 12:25 PM 1

13. Rorschach

Posts: 83; Member since: Apr 26, 2013

Since I've had my iPhone I've only used Siri once as I often forget it's there. When I owned a Nexus, I used Google Now multiple times a week, from checking the forecast to getting alerts for my commute home. I feel that when enabled and set up right, it's proactive rather than reactive in the likes of Siri.

posted on Apr 07, 2015, 9:19 AM 1

17. Commentator

Posts: 3723; Member since: Aug 16, 2011

I use Google Now daily (heck, hourly), but I almost never speak to it. So much easier to type, and I don't look silly talking at my phone in public. The only time I use voice features is when I'm driving.