Siri is a voice controlled virtual assistant created by Apple.Inc for its products. Siri can perform tasks of any kind like opening an app, searching for information, reminding of any events, doing calculations and many more. Not only these, with siri you can control your device without even touching it! It is the best voice controlled virtual assistant ever known and it is only for devices running on iOS. Recently, many apps just like siri are developed by Android experts providing the Android users a feature to control their devices with their voice commands. Some of them are competing siri with their high responsive nature while others doesn’t seem much humanoid. After a fine usage and test on different Android devices i have filtered these apps to be the best siri alternatives for Android OS. Here is the list..
1) Speaktoit Assistant
I found this app in the first place of results in playstore when searched for ‘virtual assistant’ and wanted to know the reason for being first of virtual assistants. With more than 2,04,143 top user ratings, speaktoit assistant does everything that Siri does. Unlike Siri, Speaktoit Assistant is highly customizable in its interface. It is very fast in basic operations, however, it depends upon your internet connection speed. I tested this app for speech recognition quality, it was absolutely flawless in that and with all these features Speaktoit stood as the first best Siri alternative virtual assistant for Android.
Features: Speaktoit Assistant can
- Make calls
- Send messages
- Remind of important events
- Set alarm
- Update Facebook and Twitter status
- Find popular places nearby
- Learn new things from you! and many more..
2) Skyvi
After testing the Speaktoit Assistant, i found another app just like Siri in playstore which is not much attractive in its Gui but equal in its abilities with Siri and that’s the Skyvi. I tested Skyvi with some simple tasks and of course, it performed very well. Next to Speaktoit Assistant Skyvi has a total of 1,79,627 full ratings and with these it was selected as the second best Siri alternative.
Features: Skyvi can
- Make calls
- Send Messages
- Forecast weather
- Read incoming messages and reply to it
- Navigate
- Fetch information and more..
3) Jeannie
Unlike all other virtual assistants, Jeannie has a simple and light interface. It is unique in its features, but it is less responsive when compared to other Assistants. After reading this app’s description in playstore i have decided to test it. I asked Jeannie ‘What sound does an elephant make?’ and as expected Jeannie answered the question by making the sound of an elephant with in no time! Due to some of its unique features and light interface i chose this app to be the third best siri alternative for Android.
Features: Just like all other virtual assistants, Jeannie can
- Make calls
- Send messages
- fetch information
- note voice list
- Set alarm
- Find restaurants and theaters nearby and more..
4) Vlingo
I have come to know about this app while reading a blog post and decided to test this app too. Vlingo worked fine with some commands but it failed in fetching information without opening the browser. Then i have come to know that Vlingo works best in car, where it helps a lot in making calls or sending messages without the need of touching the device. Vlingo becomes active with a simple command ‘Hey Vlingo!’ which is very useful during driving a car.
Features: Vlingo can
- Make calls
- Sand messages
- Navigate
- Answer to simple questions
- Play Music and some more..
5) Maluuba
Maluuba is the last alternative to siri but it’s not the least one. The only con of this app is it doesn’t support TTS engine, meaning, it does not speak to users. But Maluuba is very intelligent at Math. It can solve Math problems of any kind in seconds. It is smooth, intelligent and attractive assistant for Android Users. Due to lack of TTS engine in this app, it is chosen fifth best alternative.
Features: Maluuba can
- Make calls
- send messages
- Perform Math tasks
- Fetch information
- forecast weather
- Navigate and more..
Conclusion:
All these apps are downloaded thousands of times in Android Play Store. I have used them, compared and filtered them according to their features, User ratings and Design. Select the best alternative for you, download and rate it. If you know find any other Virtual Assistants and if they seem as one of the best siri alternative then please drop your suggestions in comments.Sign up here with your email
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