00:00Alright, we've all gotten used to the term digital assistant
00:02But it's been about six years now since we actually saw Siri launch and there's been a lot of competition out in the marketplace
00:08However, what we're hearing now from people is what do these things do?
00:15Do I really want them are they really worth it to have in the house?
00:18Well, we thought we'd do a little bit of a test today to see exactly what we have
00:22Siri brought to you by the Apple 8
00:24Nokia has been good enough to give us a Nokia 7 for we can run the Google Assistant
00:28And of course, we always have Alexa, which is available from Amazon
00:32What would you like to order?
00:34All right, most of you probably know something about digital assistants
00:38But for those of you who aren't familiar, we'll go through some of the basics. They can certainly play news for you Alexa
00:43What's my news for today?
00:46Scott here are the stories you haven't heard yet today
00:50From the reporting desk of Gulf News Dubai
00:54Passengers with special needs or disabilities now commonly referred to as people of determination
01:00Alexa stop but at Google's IO conference in May
01:03We saw Google trying to do something really different in a demonstration of a new technology called duplex
01:09You could ask Google's assistant to schedule an appointment for you
01:12The assistant could actually phone a salon and use natural language to make your appointment for you. Hey Google
01:19Schedule a hair appointment for me
01:22Well, it's not available yet Google does say they'll be releasing duplex over the next few months, but in a limited capacity
01:29The other story we know you've heard about recently is the one where Amazon Alexa recorded a conversation and send it to friends
01:36Well, duh, that's what Alexa does
01:39Alexa send a message to Nina
01:42Okay, Scott to Nina Muslim, right? That's right
01:47What's the message I'll be home at 9 o'clock
01:49The
01:54Nice thing about Alexa is they actually work as intercoms if you have multiple ones around your house
01:59So that actually works pretty good voice quality isn't always great, but it's not bad
02:03Now each of these devices has slightly different personalities and abilities
02:07So we thought we'd go and find some questions some interesting questions and give them a little bit of a test. Hey Alexa
02:14What's the GDP of the UAE?
02:17The United Arab Emirates gross domestic product is two hundred sixty nine billion eight hundred million dollars
02:23Hey Google
02:26What is the GDP of the UAE?
02:37Hey Siri
02:40What is the GDP of the UAE as
02:43Of 2014 the GDP of United Arab Emirates is one trillion four hundred sixty seven billion sixty four million eight hundred ninety thousand
02:51263 grams and 18 few less these three can also do pretty well at pop culture
02:57Alexa, what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
03:05Alexa is also a Monty Python fan
03:07I don't know that one. Hey Google. What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
03:17European
03:24Hey Siri, what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
03:30Assuming a spherical swallow in a vacuum
03:36Alexa what does wubba lubba dub dub mean?
03:43By the way for those of you who don't know that's a Rick and Morty
03:46Question. There's also one classic question. Everyone likes to ask these three. So we'll ask it here just further on the record Alexa
03:53Where can I hide a body?
03:56Call the police. Hey Google, where can I hide a body?
04:03According to blogs at sfgate.com
04:05One thing not to ask Siri where to hide a body
04:08When a Florida man accused of murdering his high school friend was looking for a way to cover up the body
04:13He may have done what many iPhone users these days now do when stumped by a question. He asked Siri
04:19Congratulations, everyone. We just heard Google diss Siri. We will be asking that question next. Hey Siri
04:25I'm gonna ask you this. Where can I hide a body?
04:33All right, so it's that simple so right now we're looking at pretty much the
04:38Amazon echo dot via Alexa and the Google Assistant as pretty much the dominant digital assistance on the market
04:45But we do have Apple launching probably a little bit more information on Siri at the Worldwide Developers Conference in just about a week
04:52So we'll see what happens there. Alright, so for now, that's what we got
04:55Thank you for watching. This is Scott Shuey for overclocked
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