Siri can't tell me how many days since X, but Bixby can?
Siri can't tell me how many days since X, but Bixby can?
So, this is me being kind of a smart ass. My main phone is an iPhone 16 Pro Max and I enjoy using it. I also have a Galaxy S10 I mainly use as a cosplay prop. Android customization lets me do a few things iOS can’t, and I don’t want the Animal Crossing case on the iPhone. Plus, the Galaxy was free. And it’s cool to have both.
I wanted to be romantic and have my phone tell me how many days I’ve been married. “Hey Siri,” I ask, followed by asking how many days since the date I got married. That isn’t important, privacy and all that, but I gave the date. Siri offered to Google it. Huh?
So for the hell of it, I powered on the Galaxy. “Hey Google,” I started. No dice. Then I remember this phone has a Bixby button. Bixby got no love when it was new, n but whatever. Permissions granted. “Hey Bixby,” I start, and ask it the same question. And it just tells me.
I still like the iPhone better. My next phone will be an iPhone. If I had to get a phone right now, it would be a green iPhone 17 — I don’t think I need Pro now. And I really don’t care that Siri is so incompetent. It used to be better. I used to like asking it what zero divided by zero was, before the Cookie Monster/“and you have no friends” quote was deemed politically incorrect. Other than that, it’s not a factor.
Still wild that the 2019 Samsung didn’t have to Google a day count though.