How has the technology changed over the years from simple commands to voice texting?

With voice, what’s really changed in the last 20 years, is that the systems have opened up. All of the local usage goes to a large database that allows us to make sense of it and make it easier.

It’s interpreting what you’re saying as a mix of a million people saying the same thing, and saying that you’re in the range. You’re in that sweet spot of the command, for example, that includes, “text Mom.” However, it could also include, “text Momma,” or “check Mom.”

The A.I. and big data come in behind the scenes with all of these examples over time. It has categorized it by saying this grouping of variations of this command all go “here.” When you start stripping that tech down, your phone or your smartwatch has just made it easier for you to access that backend Cloud interface with millions of interpretations.

In the early days, all of that processing was done on the phone. It wasn’t connected to a backend Cloud. All it could figure out was all you could cram intelligence-wise on a little chip on that device. Now that processing and database that makes up all of those variations exists somewhere else.

If you’re logged into your device, now all of a sudden your profile knows when you’re asleep, it knows when you’re awake, etc. It incorporates that into the vocal command, so it now has context. If you have a set schedule, the assistant layer will go through your profile and your data usage and it figures out patterns. When you ask for something, it may know that you may want something different in the morning or at night.