Which is smartest?
Not all smart assistants are created equal
We’ve looked at Loupe Ventures’ research, and the company’s most recent suite of AI IQ tests has determined that the Google Assistant is the smartest thing going. That’s both in its digital assistant form (as in, when accessed through a phone) and when powering a smart speaker. It understands best, and it provides relevant responses most frequently. That said, each time Loupe Ventures does a new test, every major platform improves a little; Alexa took the ‘most improved’ crown in the most recent suite.
Too bad for Siri? Not so fast – it seems that Apple’s assistant is, by their metrics, by far the smartest in the ‘command’ category, which relates to its ability to perform on-phone functions like texting, calling and emailing. We’re not surprised, as that’s very much Siri’s wheelhouse: there’s a subtle divide between it and the other pair that makes each side of it independently good. It’s probably not worth the hassle of running Google Assistant or Alexa on an iPhone when Siri can do the job so much better; similarly, if you don’t want to invest in a HomePod, it’s cheaper and makes more sense to opt for one of the others around your home.