Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Google tries to make its own virtual assistant like Siri

Google has recently announced that it will has acquired a company Clever Sense  who is the maker of the famous App Alfred and that app provides the service of digital personal assistant   so far the terms of deal are not known but according to the famous site mashable.com google has confirmed the deal.
it seems as if google wants to pay apple back in the same coin but may not be succesful yet because of the reason that the app does not have voice command capabilities.
Similar to Siri, he does search the Internet and provide users with recommendations from restaurant suggestions to bar and nightlife options. Alfred also learns user preferences and tastes over time to make more targeted recommendations.
But all these features are already available in Siri and besides that can also answer questions about the weather, news and directions
Also unclear: whether Alfred was named after Bruce Wayne’s confidant and butler in BatmanClever Sensehas said it originally picked out the name Seymour for the app.

Google isn’t yet poised to fully take on Siri, but Alfred is a step in the right direction. There’s a good chance Google has voice-recognition software in the works for Android — in which case, Alfred could well be the shell they put around it.

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