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Virtual assistants, e.g. Alexa, Cortana, Siri
I don't want to interact with the companies they represent basically at all, let alone give them nearly unfettered access to my electronics and their data.
I have never used Bixby, I've used the Google assistant a few times but other than that, no thanks
I use Google assistant to set timers and alarms, and check the weather. Besides that, nothing. The times I tried, I wrestled with it for a few minutes until I did it myself.
I use Google assistant in my car all the time. It came with android auto built into the head unit. So I can tell it to navigate to a location, play a specific song on Spotify, call my wife, read and respond to text messages... All using voice commands. I don't have enough smart home devices to make it worth having an assistant constantly listening at home, though.