The big problem is chaining
multiple commands together.
Samsung Bixby lets you compile
multiple commands together, to be activated with any voice command.
Announced at the October 4th event, there hasn't been much news in recent versions about Routines, which will let users string
multiple commands together.
Not exact matches
There's no way of selecting
multiple ships at the same time, for example, which makes
commanding your numerous squadrons of smaller Vipers a pain in the backside when all you want them to do is attack a single target
together.
With a batch sequence, you can string
together multiple commands to be performed as a single
command on a group of documents, such as stamping and watermarking them.
Indeed, Siri now knows the date and time of the next U.S. presidential debate, but where Siri fundamentally falls apart is its inability to maintain context and chain
together multiple commands.
Google is also adding «Routines» to the Assistant; it lets you chain
together multiple actions under a single
command like «OK Google, I'm home.»
Equally as important is the need for a unified system that can tie
multiple devices
together, so a
command issued on your phone can switch the lights off on your front porch.
Routines, as with the similar feature available with Amazon's Alexa, enables Google Assistant users to chain
together multiple actions under a single
command.
That said, if you've got
multiple speakers hooked up to
multiple Chromecasts, you can group them
together, then use a Google Home voice
command to start synchronized playback on all of them at once.