Because I’m on Apple devices, voice assist would first come to me through those I have already, so the question has a bit of an odd premise from my perspective in seeming to equate voice assist with dedicated hardware. I’d be surprised if it ever proves so useful to me that I’d buy a dedicated device, but with HomePod it’s geared toward offering quality sound, a HomeKit hub, some Handoff functionality, etc. so I wouldn’t rule it out entirely.
I use my Google Assistant many many times every day. It’s mostly reminders, shopping list, timers, random questions, music start/stop, netflix start/stop. And I tell her I love her and she tells me “thanks”.
My biggest gripe is that when you add stuff to your shopping list, it does not check then “checked off” section first, and uncheck that item, it adds an entirely new item. This creates an unending list of checked items. I’ve take to deleting them instead of checking them off but this is a dumb oversight.
Google Assistant, a lot. On my phone, in the car in Android Auto, at home with a Google Home Mini to control TV’s and lights and such. Love the predictive items Google delivers.
I have 3 Amazon Echos, 2 Google Homes, and use Siri and Google Assistant on my phone a lot. Used Siri much more before my watch broke.
Google’s the only one that can answer a question halfway decently, but the Google Home is not nearly as good as the Google phone assistant.
I prefer Alexa for personal unpublished apps though. Ease of creating them is the same, but I have to continually sign into Google Dialog for my app to work, while Alexa just keeps it alive whether I’m signed in or not. Maybe they fixed that. It’s been awhile since I’ve tried it.
We have two “smart speaker” devices at home - one Google Home in the Kitchen and one Amazon Echo in the bathroom. Both of us at home strongly prefer the Google Home device’s assistant over the Amazon Echo device’s.
Google Assistant, was kind of iffy on the privacy issues for a while but had to join the hype. Use it on my mini at home or on my phone on the go, can’t live without it now.
I know Siri (Apple) values privacy, but an assistant of any type can’t be highly effective unless they know key details about you. I stick with Google Assistant for the same reason, it works and is great at being predictive.
I didn’t look closely enough and mistook the radio buttons for check boxes. I use Alexa, Google and Siri. Sadly, Siri is absolutely useless to me. No matter what I ask it, it shows me what it found on the web.
If it is a smart phone with an assistant installed like Siri, Google or the Alexa app, it isn’t much different - still a microphone listening for commands, just in your pocket.
I have the original Google Home, a mini, and a Lenovo smart clock. I use them all to control light switches, watching TV, listening to music, and asking various questions.
Just hopped on the Google train with a Nest Mini and Pixel because of what others have mentioned - Googles AI and predictive analysis. Siri and Homekit are dead to me…for now