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it's a virtual assistant straight out or a really really bad rap battle save me from the Clippy the peek peek and pop and you don't stop search for pictures search for pie I searched I searched at least I tried we're comparing three Siri on iOS 11 Google assistant and Bixby voice they can all do basic things like check the weather and set reminders Bixby voice on the galaxy s 8 and s 8 + lets you do things with your voice that you'd normally do with taps and text on screen series the old guard but has a new voice and Google assistants in the middle across Android and iOS so let's see what they can do know that we're running this Siri on iOS 11s Vader sorry things might be a little bit buggy and subject to change trust the easy stuff what's the weather in San Francisco it's currently clear in 64 degrees in San Francisco in 63 with lots of sunshine today said an alum for 6:00 a.m. all right for 6:00 a.m. okay alarm set for 6 o'clock a.m. take a selfie ten on Bluetooth okay I turned on bluetooth done bluetooth is on turn on the flashlight set system volume 250 you don't seem to be playing anything right now okay I set it to 50 okay change my wallpaper to the most recent photo okay we can set our wallpaper here Bixby gets it right these pictures should match Google searches the web and Cirie gets halfway there mixie lets you open an app and perform an action in one go like open Instagram and post a recent photo okay let's write a caption for this post Google assistant is searching the web serie wants to do more I wish I could but Instagram hasn't set it up with me yet this might change when iOS 11 rolls out full third party app support now both the assistant and Siri can still open apps and all three can do this even if you have to say it in a slightly different way send a whatsapp message to Charlene read my last message alright here's the message from John what should I get for lunch today as long as you're using the default messaging app vixy's got it I found your most recent message from Lexie sabbaths comma hey would you like to reply so to Siri you have one last text message it's from Lexie Sabine do you want to hear it Google assistant shows you the message then asks if you want it read out loud it says sorry I can't talk right now one of Google assistant strengths is a continued conversation show me Jennifer Aniston movies Jennifer Aniston's movies include Horrible Bosses we're the Millers and 40 others household is Jean she's five feet five inches tall Siri and Bixby can't have this conversation how tall is she Lexie but BICS begets context in some apps say you're watching YouTube and you want to use your voice to find more content fix forget this but you have to hold down the button rather than say hi big speech show me my subscriptions sure thing here it is how do you say with the bathroom in Spanish in Spanish where's the bathroom is what is where's the bathroom in Spanish can you if you say translate to Spanish big speed vision can translate whatever the camera say is kind of useful but not what I want okay scanning now all three have remind us down pat remind me to water the plants when I get home got it I think when you arrive at home and they'll prompt you to enter your home address if you haven't already there's no address for home let's add one to create the reminder so they all have strengths in different areas Bixby voice is really good at complex tasks Google assistant is fast and great at conversations and Siri is good at hands-free things like reading messages or translation but we'll revisit this when iOS 11 is officially released hey what about me why am I so lonely