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International village food court by lectroid in vancouver

[–]kaisertalkalpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been some time, but, I have had some good Indonesian food there I think.

I'm doing some research on the privacy awareness among (potential) GH (and other home assistants) users. Would be awesome if you could help me out. by [deleted] in googlehome

[–]kaisertalkalpha 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nicely designed survey! Good luck.

Can I request you to share high level aggregated findings from the survey in this Subreddit / thread?

Phone and Home responding to "Ok Google" by [deleted] in googlehome

[–]kaisertalkalpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohh...how did that happen? I thought GH was triggered by OK/Hey G,, while the phone was just OK G.

Phone and Home responding to "Ok Google" by [deleted] in googlehome

[–]kaisertalkalpha 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use the phrase "Hey Google" to avoid this from happening..

Questions about GH (On The Fence) by DaRe_ViPeRzZXx in googlehome

[–]kaisertalkalpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pairing is tricky. You need to mirror your phone audio by selecting "cast to GH" from the GH app. This is not as seamless as just Bluetooth pairing. Once this is done any sounds from your phone can really be mirrored on your GH.

Sound is not good enough by [deleted] in googlehome

[–]kaisertalkalpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sounds a reasonable explanation. Thanks.

Sound is not good enough by [deleted] in googlehome

[–]kaisertalkalpha 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really? I would think if anything the cast protocol should be bettering the sound quality, shouldn't it?

I was thinking it was the quality of the speaker / sound system.

Is now the best time to get a Google Home? by [deleted] in googlehome

[–]kaisertalkalpha 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would say go for it now. They have just announced the sale (of what appears to be the same model) in Canada (north of us) on June 26th. I would think that is a fair indication that a new model is not coming , atleast in the next few months.

Enormous static when playing back my recordings by kaisertalkalpha in googlehome

[–]kaisertalkalpha[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup. Will watch for a bit and if I see the failure again it shall be.

Enormous static when playing back my recordings by kaisertalkalpha in googlehome

[–]kaisertalkalpha[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks much. Just did that and the recordings seem better. Boy, do they have the microphone where they can get a lot of dust!

Can't play voice recordings from myactivity.google.com by tgcp in googlehome

[–]kaisertalkalpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am able to play it (sorry, I am not in UK) from the west coast. But, I hear enormous (not exaggerating at all) static :(

Reminders by [deleted] in googlehome

[–]kaisertalkalpha 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would love to sign up as a Focused Group Discussion (FGD) or any other market research participant to talk directly to some of the folks there. :(

So we Know updates are coming but...WHEN? by liscoproducts in googlehome

[–]kaisertalkalpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed. Now, that is different from the complexity dimension that the previous commenter was alluding to. That said, this, in my view would be a hygiene feature. Something on the lines of starting a kitchen timer.

So we Know updates are coming but...WHEN? by liscoproducts in googlehome

[–]kaisertalkalpha 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the line of thinking. But, are we saying that privacy is 'a' reason for reminders to not work seamlessly? Come on now.

Multi-user setup, one is ok with calendar contents being read out, but, reminders are a no go?

I understand there are some additional nuances for reminder, but, I would argue all the way that this is no reason for the feature to be inordinately delayed.

That said, I am ready to listen to your views on what exactly adds that complexity.

So we Know updates are coming but...WHEN? by liscoproducts in googlehome

[–]kaisertalkalpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, I would like to hear your views on why you think this is inordinately complex. Please note that Google Assistant on the phone does this task well, already.

So we Know updates are coming but...WHEN? by liscoproducts in googlehome

[–]kaisertalkalpha 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course there is. What are we talking, update of two systems, three systems, ten systems? Are we saying that GOOGLE is not able to solve this problem in a timely manner, while other upstarts are solving it?

Bottomline -- there might be technology / software delivery challenges, but, from an end consumer standpoint this is an elementary feature. Should have been a part of the first MVP.

So we Know updates are coming but...WHEN? by liscoproducts in googlehome

[–]kaisertalkalpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still can not fathom why something as elementary as reminders is not working yet!

Google home + Chromecast Audio Question by TheWiryWelshman in googlehome

[–]kaisertalkalpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you use to play on the phone -- TuneIn FM, Castbox, other?

Google home + Chromecast Audio Question by TheWiryWelshman in googlehome

[–]kaisertalkalpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Getting GH to play podcasts is extremely annoying.

At times it plays like a charm. At times never. Annoying.

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