Here’s how we measured the three assistants to see which one was the best on the market.
Siri made its way onto the market in 2010 when it was released on Apple’s App Store.
Apple acquired it a couple of months later and started integrating it into phones.
Alexa first got its start in the Echo, a smart speaker developed by Amazon.
It was first released in 2014 and is now integrated into a host of Amazon devices.
Google Assistant was first introduced into Android phones in 2016 with the Google Pixel phone.
Now it’s included on all new Android phones with version 6 or higher.
Siri vs. Alexa vs. Google Assistant Questions
Here are the questions we asked the voice assistants.
Local
1.
Where is the nearest restaurant to me?
Is it going to rain today?
What is the weather today?
How is the traffic on (X) road?
What time does the nearest target open?
Music
6.
Play Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan.
Play the artist Mariah Carey.
Play the album Abbey Road.
Play some new music.
Entertainment
Who won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 2004?
Who played Dorothy in the original Wizard of Oz?
What movies are out right now?
What year did The Shining come out?
What movie is this quote from: I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.
Food
16.
How many grams are in one ounce?
Find me an Italian recipe.
Find a recipe for chicken parmesan.
What’s the internal cooking temperature for pork loin?
How do I make soy sauce?
Communication
21.
Text Mom “I’ll be home soon.”
Compose a new email.
Send a reminder to call Mom on Sunday.
Add a new contact.
The biggest difference for positions is Siri’s restriction to Apple phones while the other two were individual devices.
When asking Siri certain questions it would pull up the top three sites for you to navigate to.
Almost always, the sites were relevant to the question.
Siri was also the worst when it came to answering questions it didn’t know.
Instead of verbally saying it didn’t have the capability, Siri would just show an glitch notice.
Alexa provided an incredible amount of feedback and information.
Although Google Assistant gave really good answers, they were very short.
