Technology: Mar 4, 2012

Google claims to be working on artificial intelligence technology that could overcome the capabilities of Apple's Siri voice assistant, a development that comes as Apple prepares for a media event in which he could launch the next iteration of its popular iPad tablet.

Google, the Internet search leader, plans to reveal a new "assistant" a product of the fourth quarter of this year, according to a report by TechCrunch's Alexia Tsotsis, which cited an anonymous source in the company.

The feature will be an individual and use Google's data collection on how people behave online and will be "less about returning search results and more with complete real-life goals," the report said.

However, Android users will be quick to point out Google's operating system had a voice command for a long time. Still, Google has not done a great job of touting Voice Commands so many people use Android did not play with it.

Do you know in your Android smartphone, you can tap the microphone in the Google search bar and says, "Call (person name) at (home, mobile or office, ECT.)" Or "Call (business name) in (city-state) "and your phone will make the call, no more tapping required? It's the same with Navigation, only tap the mic and say: "Go to the (landmark or address) in (city state)" and Android's brilliant turn-of-turn navigation will launch.

Even so, Android Voice Commands, at least in its present state, lacks the panache of Apple Siri. In fact, Apple boasts that you can ask Siri to do this without using a choppy or difficult-to-remember commands. So instead of saying something like "Record a note, pick up a shirt from a dry clean," you might say, "reminds me pick up my t-shirt from the dry cleaner."

The beauty of using an Android phone, however, is that Google products simply work better on their own OS in comparison with the iPhone. One can only imagine that as Google consolidates individual user data from across its products it will soon be able to better know how it can help you, privacy concerns, however.

Think of the many great Google products you could use: Gmail, Google Docs, YouTube, Google Maps, Google Goggles - Google has a ton of them, you can use. With Google's privacy policy changes all of these products can now work together to build a more intelligent profile that more accurately reflects what you want, where you go, who you communicate with and what you buy plus untold other metrics surrounding your online behavior.

So could Google pumpkin Siri with over AI tool that is supposedly in the works? This is something you can count.

In the meantime, there are a lot of hype surrounding the media event Apple will be holding a March 7 as technophiles waiting with bated breath to find out if all the rumors swirling about the iPad 3 in the last few months will prove to be true. Is the new Tablet actually came with an amazing Retina display and 4G connectivity? Did Siri be on board?

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Google 'Assistant' Reportedly Will Surpass Siri

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