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Siri lags behind rivals in accuracy on the HomePod (AAPL)
Apple’s voice assistant Siri significantly lags behind competitors in terms of answering questions accurately on its smart speaker
While Apple’s HomePod is the best-sounding smart speaker on the market, Siri’s poor accuracy could limit its usefulness. Among the frustrations cited in early reviews are HomePod Siri’s inability to set more than one timer at once, read off a recipe, or answer simple questions that Assistant and Alexa can field easily. The HomePod also doesn’t allow unique voice recognition, meaning all permissions are activated for anyone within screaming distance of the speaker. Both Google and Amazon enable voice profiles for their smart speakers, allowing for different permissions and an added layer of security for voice assistant tasks like reading personal text messages.
Google Assistant’s and Alexa’s abilities to outperform Siri on the HomePod will likely help the Google Home and Amazon Echo smart speakers lead the smart speaker market in the near term. According to Loup Venture analysts, the HomePod will account for 12% of the global smart speaker shipments market in 2018, while Google Home will hold a 32% share, and Echo smart speakers will command a 52% share. Apple’s share of the global smart speaker market will likely remain the same by 2022, leaving Google and Amazon to fight for the remaining share.
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