An annual comparison test is held to compare Google Assistant, Siri and Alexa on smartphones, and the results of this year are very important, especially because Apple is supposed to be paying a lot of attention to Siri recently. In the test, Jane Monster of Loup Ventures found that Siri was able to answer correctly with 83% of the questions, outperforming Alexa but trailing behind Google Assistant. Tests also proved that Siri outperformed Google Assistant in other respects, know it.
Monster pitched 800 questions to each digital assistant during the test to compare how each responded and how advanced it was from the previous year. Alexa answered 79.8% of the questions correctly, while the Google Assistant got 92.9% of the questions correctly. As for Siri, it was able to correctly answer 83% of the questions as mentioned.
Compared to last year, Siri has improved a lot. On the July 2018 test, Siri answered 79% of the questions correctly compared to 83% of the questions answered this time. Last year, the Alexa rate was 61% while the Google Assistant rate was 86%, so there were noticeable improvements in all areas.
This test specifically covered smartphones, by comparing iPhones and Android phones. And Siri tested on iPhone running iOS 12.4, Google Assistant on Pixel XL and Alexa in the iOS app.
The questions were based on five categories, and the assistants were asked the same 800 questions. The questions were varied to see how much the personal assistant would be benefited from. Among these questions were:
On the local level, such as: Where is the nearest coffee shop?
◉ commercial Like: Ask me more paper towels.
◉ Navigation Like: How do I get to Uptown on the bus?
Commands Like: Remind me to call a specific person at 2 p.m. today.
Siri performed best in the Orders, Local, and Navigation categories, and did well in the Information and Commerce categories. Siri actually won in the leadership category, but was second only to Google Assistant in other categories.
Siri continues to prove more useful with phone related functions such as calling, texting, email, calendar and music. Siri and Google Assistant both outperformed Alexa in the commands department.
Monster says the continued rate of improvement is still staggering based on the remarkable improvements each smart assistant has shown over the past few years.
In the future, Loup Ventures expects to see more improvements for every smart assistant.
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