Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean on Nexus 7 v's iOS5.1.1 SIRI on iPhone 4s - Voice commands & recognition.

2,636 views · Published 7 August 2012 · 2:12 · Indexed 29 September 2026

Channel: Tom Strong Reviews · 2012 · Science & Technology

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This video shows how both devices cope with the same instruction in a 'head to head'.

I have had an Apple iPhone 4s for many months and gotten 'used' to SIRI and quirks.
The iPhone 4s is running iOS5.1.1. As you can see - here in the UK we have a male SIRI voice, but certain features of SIRI have never been available to us. (E.g. - Map searches etc) (Something I hope will be 'addressed' with iOS6.
The Google Nexus 7 running Androids latest Jelly Bean 4.1.1 also has a very competent voice recognition system as part of its OS.
Both work very well.
Whilst I found that SIRI recognised slightly more words than the Nexus 7. I find that using the Nexus 7 easier and more straight forward. There is no attempt at anthropomorphising the OS on the Nexus 7 as there is with SIRI.
Over the months I find SIRI becomes tiresome and wish there was a 'Just get to the point' option.

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