<story><title>John Giannandrea named to Apple’s executive team</title><url>https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/12/john-giannandrea-named-to-apples-executive-team/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>scrollaway</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;$30 Google Home puck feels like it&amp;#x27;s from the future&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Is it&lt;/i&gt;? Is the $30 puck better than the Home assistant or does it just suck that much more in French than it does in English? (Not being snarky, genuinely asking)&lt;p&gt;It doesn&amp;#x27;t understand followup commands, the Hue integration is rotten bad, and the commands definitely have to be rigid. Things like &amp;quot;What were my meetings on the 12th of December&amp;quot; aren&amp;#x27;t understood.&lt;p&gt;Also having to say &amp;quot;OK google&amp;quot; and not being able to change that is so bad. At least &amp;quot;Hey Siri&amp;quot; is natural.</text></item><item><author>m0zg</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s just unbelievable to me that the company sitting on a quarter trillion dollars is unwilling to spend a small fraction of that hoard to hire the best of the best in order to fix the very thing that will kill their cash cow in the next 5 years. I&amp;#x27;m on iOS myself (and have been faithful since the first iPhone), but $30 Google Home puck feels like it&amp;#x27;s from the future. Understands me perfectly, comes up with decent answers, doesn&amp;#x27;t require rigid commands, etc. Whereas Siri is so bad I use it only to set alarms and timers. Not even setting of reminders is reliable.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>madlynormal</author><text>&amp;gt; Is it? Is the $30 puck better than the Home assistant or does it just suck that much more in French than it does in English? (Not being snarky, genuinely asking)&lt;p&gt;Absolutely it is. In general,  my Siri usage is limited to opening Google Assistant, that&amp;#x27;s how bad it is. Also, &amp;quot;Hey Google&amp;quot; works as a command on most devices.</text></comment>
<story><title>John Giannandrea named to Apple’s executive team</title><url>https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/12/john-giannandrea-named-to-apples-executive-team/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>scrollaway</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;$30 Google Home puck feels like it&amp;#x27;s from the future&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Is it&lt;/i&gt;? Is the $30 puck better than the Home assistant or does it just suck that much more in French than it does in English? (Not being snarky, genuinely asking)&lt;p&gt;It doesn&amp;#x27;t understand followup commands, the Hue integration is rotten bad, and the commands definitely have to be rigid. Things like &amp;quot;What were my meetings on the 12th of December&amp;quot; aren&amp;#x27;t understood.&lt;p&gt;Also having to say &amp;quot;OK google&amp;quot; and not being able to change that is so bad. At least &amp;quot;Hey Siri&amp;quot; is natural.</text></item><item><author>m0zg</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s just unbelievable to me that the company sitting on a quarter trillion dollars is unwilling to spend a small fraction of that hoard to hire the best of the best in order to fix the very thing that will kill their cash cow in the next 5 years. I&amp;#x27;m on iOS myself (and have been faithful since the first iPhone), but $30 Google Home puck feels like it&amp;#x27;s from the future. Understands me perfectly, comes up with decent answers, doesn&amp;#x27;t require rigid commands, etc. Whereas Siri is so bad I use it only to set alarms and timers. Not even setting of reminders is reliable.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tshannon</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m pretty sure you can say &amp;quot;Hey Google&amp;quot; as well.</text></comment>