It’s hard for anyone to argue against Google Assistant being the best voice assistant at answering queries. Assistant has proven time after time that it’s superior. Recently though, one test found that the gap between Assistant, Siri, and Alexa is starting to close quite a bit.
Apple’s Siri, on the other hand, answered just 74.6% of the questions correctly and understood 99.6%. Alexa, finally, understood 99% of the questions asked, answering 72.5% of them correctly. In a distant fourth place, Microsoft’s Cortana understood 99.4% of the questions but answered only 63.4% of them correctly.
What’s especially interesting in all of this, however, is how these numbers compare to last year. The same test was performed this time last year, and everyone has gotten a lot better in that time. In 2017, Assistant went through this test with only 81% correct where Alexa was at 64%. Siri wasn’t on the HomePod at the time, but as of February, the speaker ran this test with a dismal 52% accuracy.
Clearly, Google’s competitors are rapidly closing the gap between their products and Assistant. Siri especially has seen tremendous growth here and that’s certainly commendable. In the meantime, though, Google Assistant has the edge, and consumers know it as sales show.
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