Hi Shawn, Well, I am sure all the canadian who are waiting for the Echo to be available here “officially” your concern you may loose your american accounts may sound a bit selfish *smile*. Anyhow, I doubt there would be a problem, you could always use a VPN service and continue to use the american account. There used to be a time when we had very few choices here in Canada with respect to music streaming services, but now that Spotify is here as well as Deezer, Tidal, Apple Music and I assume Google Play Music I am personally not very worried about having to jump through all sorts of hoops to get american content. It would be nice if there was a bit more choice with video streaming, for th emost part that is Netflix here and a lot of the content is not available here because of our copyright laws, but I know that in time this will also change, maybe it will be a few more years, but it must because people demand it and while certain american Presidents are trying to close off America from trade, I think virtual borders will continue to come down over time.
Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk Sent: Sunday, June 4, 2017 8:19 PM To: 'Adrian Leong' via VIPhone <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Google Assistant is now an iPhone app Hey. From what I've been playing around with in the Google Assistant, Tunein isn't available. Only Youtube and Apple Music. Also, in regards to Sieghard's comments, I'd be a little worried if Amazon were to start shipping the Echo here in Canada. Sure, it would be cool, but seeing as I already have one, if they do start shipping here in Canada, I might lose my Pandora and iHeartRadio US accounts. It would be nice if Pandora were available here in Canada, but I kinda doubt it will. And our iHeartRadio is crap compared to the US's so they need to fix that before I'd be relaxed about the Echo being supported in Canada. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> On Jun 4, 2017, at 3:34 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: No, the Google Assistant is also not available here in Canada at this point just as the google Home Speaker is not yet available although apparently this is supposed to change later this year. Also, ind typical Google fashion the google Assistant app apparently wants to keep track of your location at all times even when you are not using the app so it can collect as much information about you as possible. It is interesting how there is a lot of discussion how Apple is totally missing the boat on the smart speaker category, but one thing that isn’t mentioned is that devices like the Amazon Echo or Google Home are only available in the US and a couple of other countries, I believe the Echo is available in the UK and Germany, but it is not even available in Canada and we only just now are able to use Amazon Video here. If the rumours are true Apple may release a smart speaker tomorrow or if not then maybe in September or October and it will be interesting to see if Apple is making it available in many more countries. I know not all Apple services have always been available everywhere, but I could see how such a device might be available wherever apple also sells iPhones or at least where SIRI is available since of course SIRI would be absolutely required for this to work. If so and if Apple is finally giving SIRI the necessary upgrade to bring it more in line with what Alexa and Google Home can do then Apple could very quickly gain a strong foothold in this market simply because the other companies didn’t bother to make their device available outside the US and a handful of other countries. Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ann Byrne Sent: Sunday, June 4, 2017 11:45 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: Google Assistant is now an iPhone app Apparently you can't use it without a GMail account? -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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