Things to try with Google's Android 4.1 Voice Search

http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/288505/70-things-try-googles-android-41-voice-search

by boopsie • 14 years ago

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nthitz• 14 years ago

On a related note, anyone know a good way to get 4.1 on my Verizon Galaxy Nexus?

StavrosK5• 14 years ago

Can't you flash stock on it? You should easily be able to.

tadfisher• 14 years ago

There is no "stock" 4.1 image for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus. The factory image is still on 4.0.4.

stephengillie• 14 years ago

Try Cyanogenmod

emidln• 14 years ago

I've had good luck with Team EOS jelly bean nightlies. The device is called a toro (not toroplus, which is the sprint galaxy nexus!) which you'll need when finding roms.

Falling3• 14 years ago

Does anyone know how this objectively stacks up to Ssiri? I'm stuck on an older version of Android right now and I've seen some of Siri's shortcomings first-hand. So I've got to wonder... Someone should do a side-by-side.

untog3• 14 years ago

There are plenty of side by side videos out there. One I found:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw-RzN4xYyE&feature=playe...!

I think it's highly debatable depending on what you're actually searching for, but indisputable that Google Now is quicker because it does the voice recognition locally on the device rather than having to upload it to a remote server.

StavrosK5• 14 years ago

> Google Now is quicker because it does the voice recognition locally on the device rather than having to upload it to a remote server.

It does not. It uploads to a server and does the recognition there, and it doesn't work unless you're connected to the internet. Some functionality (I'm only aware of "Call X") works if you install offline speech recognition, but nothing else.

mwytock• 14 years ago

It's faster, especially on 4.1, because Google has better technology than Apple.

Things to try with Google's Android 4.1 Voice Search

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