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Me: "Hey Google, set a timer for 15 minutes."

Google: "Created a timer for 15 minutes, how long do you want it to last?"

There is also hilarious things going on with Google assistant on iOS. Like Norwegian with English pronunciation.

These voice assistants are terrible. Sure, they are better that before, but still really bad. And it's even worse in other languages than English where stuff like the above happens.



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