Siri Topped Google Now and Cortana in the Language Test

Apple is successfully refining its voice assistant Siri. In the operating system iOS 8, the personal assistant has a better understanding of queries and is more precise in its responses, the VentureBeat observers say. They have compared the feature with Google Now and Cortana. Apple?s voice assistant works more effectively than its competitors.

The test involved three technologies, which are Siri, Google Now and Cortana. Recap: Microsoft asserts that their development is a specific mix of the functions previously implemented by Apple and Google. It has a full-scale support of the natural language. According to the developers, unlike the Apple product, the service adjusts individually to the needs of every user.

The test suggested all the three participants answering the same 18 questions. The questions were asked in five languages, namely English, Italian, French, German and Mandarin. The feature got 1 point for the right answer, 0.5 points for the answer that was among other search results, and no points in case of the program failure.

Siri showed the best results. The app got 14.5 points out of 18 possible for finding answers to the queries in English, while Cortana was the second (12.5 out of 18), and Google Now was the third (11.5 out of 18). The personal assistants demonstrated similar rates with the other European languages as well.

The biggest challenge for the voice assistants was Mandarin Chinese. Just Siri managed to handle the test, getting 13.5 points. Dragging behind, Cortana came in second with 5 points out of 18, and Google Now scored only 1.5 points in this test.

According to the testing results, Siri turned out to be a leader. 76% of the answers that Apple?s personal assistant gave were correct. Moreover, it became the only voice assistant answering the question what time the nearest store closed in all the five languages. Google Now coped with 46% of queries, and Cortana managed to response to only 42% of them, although being most likely to go to web search.

Source: macdigger.ru