Okay, that's creepy...in a good way

[kestrell]

Okay Google gives Halloween costume ideas. I tried it twice and the first suggestion was pretty bland, but I did really like the second suggestion about being an entire ecosystem ("It's all in the hat: try making it a tree canopy or a cloud layer"), but really, it's the short intro and the survey you get tht make it fun.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Wit, when I google for "Halloween costumes" or "costume ideas" just get ads.

What's your spell?

[alexxkay]

I think she means OK Google, the Siri-equivalent for Android.

[kestrell]

I'm using Okay Google on my Android; are you using the Okay Google app? I think maybe you can use Okay Google with the Google browser on your PC, but I'm not certain. It's kind of annoying and confusing, because Okay Google gives slightly different results than just using the speech interface with Android, i.e., I used to be able to ask my Android "What is this song?" and it would identify the song on the radio, but after installing Okay Google that went away, which is sucky, because it was just about my favorite command. Also, Okay Google seems to vary slightly according to what kind of phone one is using.

[jesse_the_k]

Ahhhh. I tried "Okay Google" from Chrome on my Mac, and got worse adds than if I typed.

Computers: mysterious.