by Rachel Metz, Technology Review
Ever since last fall, when Apple introduced its genial voice-controlled personal assistant, Siri, on the iPhone 4S, there’s been a flurry of activity as other apps attempt to go beyond its limitations. Challengers include Evi (see “New Virtual Helper Challenges Siri”), which mimics some of Siri’s abilities for smartphones running Google’s Android software; Cue, an iPhone app that attempts to intelligently organize your day (see “A Personal Assistant Mines Your Life to Help Out”); and Google’s own Google Now Android software (see “Google Would Like to Sell You a Tablet”). Aside from Siri, the player with the most potential for snagging users at the moment is Google Now, which anticipates traffic and weather information you might need and displays it as a series of on-screen “cards.”
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