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[NovemberWhiskey]

My car has no physical climate controls etc. I just use the voice controls.

“Hey Google, set the driver’s side heated seat to one”

“Hey Google, turn off the steering wheel heater”

[guappa → NovemberWhiskey]

Judging from how google subtitles my videos on youtube, this would look like a comic gag for most people.

[NovemberWhiskey → guappa]

In my other car, which adheres to the “buttons for nearly everything” philosophy, the steering wheel heater (for example) is down by the driver’s left knee, even using it via the touchscreen is probably safer.

Experiences with this sort of thing are subjective, but I’ve never had any problems with Google Assistant in the car.

[antifa → NovemberWhiskey]

In my experience it'll probably work out a little more like:

"Hey Google, lower the volume"

"Calling $NAME_OF_DECEASED_PERSON_OR_RANDOM_RESTAURANT"

[guappa → antifa]

An immigrant taxi driver wanted me to say the street where I wanted to go, for google maps.

It would have been ~20x faster to just let me type it.

At least I had told him the general area, so we were getting there even while I kept repeating the address and maps was getting it wrong.

[crote → NovemberWhiskey]

"I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that"

"I'm sorry, could you please repeat your query?"

"I'm sorry, I did not understand that request"

"You said 'Heated Seat', calling closest contact 'Holly Smith'..."