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A friend of mine has one that he mostly uses for music. I've noticed that every time I visit his commands have had to get slightly longer.

2016 - "Hey Google, play Gorillaz"

2018 - "Hey Google, play music by Gorillaz"

2020 - "Hey Google, play music by Gorillaz on Google Play Music"

2023 - "Hey Google, play album Demon Days by Gorillaz on Google Play Music"

One day the previous command will suddenly stop working with a "I don't understand" error, so he has to figure out the new incantation to get it to do anything remotely close to what he wants.



This hits so hard. Remembering to spit out the right incantation these days is exceedingly difficult.


It's almost like ambiguous voice commands are garbage for controlling things. Humans understand each other only most of the time and we've had 200k years of evolution and practice and now even education to improve that system.


"Launching GORILLA.BAS. Please wait."


Anything to get more user traffic to Amazon Music, even when you the customer have specified your personal preferences as non-Amazon Music. Pretty lame.




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