AIVC or "Alice" as she's more commonly known, is a great virtual assistant app. I don't have an Iphone, but I have tried out Siri on a friends phone, and in a shop, and it impressed me. Alice on the other hand, impressed me more. Alice does everything Siri does, but in a more personal way. If, for instance, you said to Siri; "You're beautiful," she'd say; "Do not understand the term 'you're beautiful' would you like to search the web?" Alice on the other hand said; "thank you Zac, I find you attractive too," she basically gives you more personal replies. Anyway, on with the review!
OK let's start with features. First off Alice has Facebook capabilities, and Twitter will be added pretty soon. Look at the following pictures, for more info on what Alice does.
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| Geography |
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| Weather |
She also gives you weather information based on your location. Her verbal response to "Do I need sunglasses today?" was;
"If you want look cool Zac, but you won't actually need them."
Responses for weather is super fast, and surprisingly accurate.
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| Status |
Ask Alice about your phone's status, and she'll tell you.
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| Organize |
Alice can organize appointments for you, and sync them with your Google Calendar.
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| Messaging |
Dictate your text messages, and Alice will send them for you. This also works with email.
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| Humor |
Ask Alice a silly question, she'll give you a silly, hilarious answer.
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| Travel |
Alice can give you traveling times on places you want to go to.
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| Navigation |
Ask Alice where the nearest Mc Donald's is, and she'll not only tell you, but help you get there using Google Navigation.
These are just some of the features available with Alice. She has regular updates, adding new features, and making the old ones even faster. Alice is available in a free "lite" version, with limited features, and the "pro" version with everything listed above.
After five months of use, I give Alice a 9.5/10.
Alice "Lite" Version
Alice "Pro" Version
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