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Google lays off employees working on its voice assistant
(www.businessinsider.com)
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this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2023
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I'm sorry, I don't understand. But would you like to hear why employees working on its voice assistant are being laid off by Google?
I’m about to throw my google speakers away at this point. I feel like they are becoming more and more useless. Voice commands used to work fine, but lately this is a standard occurance.
“Hey google, turn on the kitchen lights.”
“I’m sorry. It looks like that device hasn’t been set up yet.”
“Hey google, turn on the kitchen lights.”
“Power controls are not available at this time.”
“Hey google, turn on the kitchen lights”
…lights turn on…
Unplugged mine last week. Fuck em.
Honestly, I pretty much only use mine for relatively cheap home speaker groups.