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By now, you know that you should never be texting and driving, but as a tech enthusiast, putting your phone down for an entire 40 to 60 minute commute home from work can be really difficult. The good news is that Google Now allows you to do just about anything you'd need to do with…
Apple today announced 'Proactive,' its rumored Google Now competitor and update to Siri, which will launch with iOS 9. The proactive assistant is a mix of..
Google Search is a powerful tool that you'll find on almost any Android device. Its ability to start listening to your voice after you say the hotwords "OK Google" makes it convenient to use and fu...
In the months since Windows Phone 8.1 showed up complete with its voice assistant, Android Lollipop and iOS 8 have arrived, so it's time to pit our phone-friends against each other again. Voice control is better than ever.
Google Now, Siri and Cortana all have their respective followings, but which application is the best at answering real world questions? Recently, the folks at Stone Temple Consulting pit the three ...
Google Now, Google's less sassy but arguably more useful answer to Siri, is a handy little piece of software. Once you have it, you find yourself depending on it in surprising ways. You can use it to find showtimes, search by voice, set reminders to yourself, and much more. But if that's all you use…
Google's Knowledge Graph is pretty good at telling you who was the 37th president of the US, or what the square root of 342345 is. Ask it more complex
If you'd like to know how to properly set up Google Now and learn about exactly what it can do then this guide is for you. We take a look at handy voice commands and optimal settings.
Now you can set a recurring yet semi-permanent alert for tasks or to-dos, via the Google service.
A new wave of services from Google and Microsoft promise to take care of your digital tasks before you even think of it.
Siri, Apple’s sometimes snarky virtual assistant, is supposed to be able to help you streamline appointments by knowing where you are supposed to be and when. While I've found Siri can be useful for this, I've discovered several alternatives that have their own advantages.
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Google Now has built-in reminders, but are you using them to their full extent?
Consumers are more satisfied with Siri than other digital assistants, a new study found. Beyond customer satisfaction, Siri is more accurate than Google Now and Microsoft's Cortana, the study concluded.
Google Now has more than one trick up its sleeve, and if you're prepared to take a few minutes to set it up: You can have a card display whenever a family member arrives at home (or work). Here's how to get the feature activated on your device.
Now that it has launched its Santa Tracker, Google is delivering a "Santa Tracker" card for "santa" and "santa claus" searches on desktop and mobile. The c
Voice assistants on phones are handy things, really getting to know you – but just how much data are we volunteering in the name of convenience? Siri, Cortana and Google Now are all easily tailored to your needs; more than that, they're tailored to your desires: your want of news, locations, reminders... But how much…
Google Now has been showing off alternate info for when your flight's been delayed for a bit, and as of late the app's looking to take another bite out
Cortana is Windows Phone's answer to Siri and Google Now: A voice-activated artificially intelligent personal assistant with an only slightly off-putting robot voice. Technically, she's still in beta on Windows 8.1, but PhoneBuff is here to show us 50 things Cortana can already do.
The folks in Mountain View have been adding new tools to Google Now, like suggesting another flight if yours is delayed. The search company's Field Trip
Both voice assistants have improved since last year, says analyst Gene Munster. But in a new contest, Google Now scores slightly higher than its rival from Apple.
One of Google Now's biggest quirks has been its inability to cope with going offline -- go through a subway tunnel and you risk losing those important
If you follow my articles here on trendblog, you probably got the idea already that I’m a big fan of Google’s personal assistant Google Now, especially its voice commands. The good thing about it is that it just keeps getting better. Only for a short while now, you can enjoy Google Now in your Chrome …
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