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DennisIS

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My 2013 Audi S6 had BMW's attempt at spoken commands -- useless - I tried twice and then gave up.
My wife's Audi S60 Recharge has Google platform. Integrates with Chrome on her PC. Excellent natural language in both directions. Doesn't perfectly control all car functions but it's super easy to get it to do things that matter.

Lucid Assistant has awful speech, an awful GUI ("listening" then proudly tells me the words it heard" - like a 5-year old learning english) and - like my ancient BMW - makes you learn what "it" calls things or you get "not supported in this client" or other useless replies.. My old BMW knew enough to show me prompts / things I could say "next"/ a path to getting it to do things. Lucid just leaves me guessing.
UNWORTHY of this vehicle.
 
I was driving singing along to Box Scaggs-What can I say? And the music stopped and I heard a voice say "You can say anything you want." I wanted to slap the car. I turned Hey Lucid off.
 
We can't mention Lucid (no "Hey, Lucid" involved) when we're in the car without the speech tracker activating. I was watching a video review of a Touring yesterday, and it activated unbidden while the reviewer was wrapping up his review. From his reaction, you could tell it wasn't the first time.

I may just throw in the towel and turn the damned thing off if I can live with my partner asking me to hit the mic every few minutes while he is trying to figure out what he wants to listen to.
 
I recently sold a 2006 Mercedes E350 wagon that had a fully working set of voice commands for the limited functions it could perform (nav, cruise control, basic infotainment). I rarely used the voice commands because there were tactile buttons for pretty much anything that arose while driving. I've not had much experience with "Hey Lucid" so far, but would find a fully baked version most welcome since I need to glance at the pilot panel to do almost anything useful aside from volume adjustments, temperature controls and the DDP / audio controls on the wheel. I'm really excited for updates to Hey Lucid because I'd love a set of voice commands that are specific to the car and make CarPlay obsolete.

My "Hey Lucid" experience so far involved asking it to turn on the heated steering wheel (which it couldn't understand or do) and then having my Tidal playlist reset to the first song. I'd like to be able to set and change the wipers, adjust lights, reset trip, maybe check tire pressure an similar functions while driving without needing to hunt though menus or look away from the road to make sure I'm pressing the right spot on a screen. Maybe some of that is already working, but I haven't managed to make it happen, yet.
 
Hey Lucid is definitely a work in progress...
I'm hoping that it become the next area of focus after Android Auto comes out.
 
Hey Lucid - Worst thing ever….amongst other things in this car. One software update breaks 5 other things at same time and the other one to fix does the same.
 
Hey Lucid - Worst thing ever….amongst other things in this car. One software update breaks 5 other things at same time and the other one to fix does the same.
Well that’s not really true.
 
I don't use Tidal or Spotify and really miss being able to ask Alexa to play a specific song. I also used it a lot for general info questions beyond the cars functions.
 
Hey Lucid is definitely a work in progress...
I'm hoping that it become the next area of focus after Android Auto comes out.
If they get android auto working, there will be no need for hey lucid. I don't understand why car companies spend resources developing subpar voice assistents and navigation when Google already does it better than they ever will and would be easier to add than developing a whole new system.
 
Hey Lucid - Worst thing ever….amongst other things in this car. One software update breaks 5 other things at same time and the other one to fix does the same.


That’s a bit harsh. Yes, Hey Lucid is a bit silly at this point and there are often software bugs introduced with new updates. The latest error, with surround cameras occasionally non-functional after 2.5 is a bit frustrating but it will be fixed. I suspect Hey Lucid will take a long time to mature; hopefully owners will be patient and appreciate all the great things about the car, even when we have disappointments.
 
It's trash. It's bad and Lucid should feel bad.

Because I don't have the time to hop on this forum every single time my Air has a glitch (because of life, you see), I haven't had the chance to check if anyone else has "Listening" pop up randomly while driving, whether listening to music, a podcast or nothing at all. Happens to me at least once on every single short drive. It's infuriating, which, now that I think of it, is just about the worst feeling a luxury car should impart onto an owner.

"Hey Lucid" makes as much sense as flavored suppositories and is about as welcome as a turd in a punchbowl.

I really wish the SW team at Lucid could simply just fix the bajallion things that need ironed out in this car rather than waste their time on steaming crap like this. Did no one at the scrum meeting have the courage to say "Really fellas? Voice commands haven't been de rigueur since K-cars yelled 'Door is Ajar!' at their owners. Why don't we just work on making sure the doors unlock when the customers want them to? Baby steps and all that, you know?"

My Rivian actually has very good voice command functionality. Thing is, I couldn't care less - short of entering directions into the nav, it's just easier to use the buttons and touchscreen. Why would I want to have a conversation with an idiot (human, car, or otherwise) just to turn the fan up a bit when I could simply tap a button a couple of times and be done with it?

These voice command features seem so anachronistic to me. It's like how in the 1950s people actually thought TV dinners were great because...reasons, I guess? Then finally, after people got tired of pretending instant potatoes and processed meat scraps wadded into something vaguely loaf-shaped were really swell, they wisened up and banished them to the domain of sad divorced dads only.

What's next for 2.5x, Lucid? A CrO2 setting so I can listen to my Schon & Hammer cassette in real hi-fi?

I have an iPhone, which has Siri. The Air has CarPlay, so if I need directions, I ask Siri. If I want to fast forward/rewind my podcast a few minutes, I ask Siri. Beyond that, I don't talk to my car. I don't even like talking to most humans, why would I want to talk to my car?
 
It's trash. It's bad and Lucid should feel bad.

Because I don't have the time to hop on this forum every single time my Air has a glitch (because of life, you see), I haven't had the chance to check if anyone else has "Listening" pop up randomly while driving, whether listening to music, a podcast or nothing at all. Happens to me at least once on every single short drive. It's infuriating, which, now that I think of it, is just about the worst feeling a luxury car should impart onto an owner.

"Hey Lucid" makes as much sense as flavored suppositories and is about as welcome as a turd in a punchbowl.

I really wish the SW team at Lucid could simply just fix the bajallion things that need ironed out in this car rather than waste their time on steaming crap like this. Did no one at the scrum meeting have the courage to say "Really fellas? Voice commands haven't been de rigueur since K-cars yelled 'Door is Ajar!' at their owners. Why don't we just work on making sure the doors unlock when the customers want them to? Baby steps and all that, you know?"

My Rivian actually has very good voice command functionality. Thing is, I couldn't care less - short of entering directions into the nav, it's just easier to use the buttons and touchscreen. Why would I want to have a conversation with an idiot (human, car, or otherwise) just to turn the fan up a bit when I could simply tap a button a couple of times and be done with it?

These voice command features seem so anachronistic to me. It's like how in the 1950s people actually thought TV dinners were great because...reasons, I guess? Then finally, after people got tired of pretending instant potatoes and processed meat scraps wadded into something vaguely loaf-shaped were really swell, they wisened up and banished them to the domain of sad divorced dads only.

What's next for 2.5x, Lucid? A CrO2 setting so I can listen to my Schon & Hammer cassette in real hi-fi?

I have an iPhone, which has Siri. The Air has CarPlay, so if I need directions, I ask Siri. If I want to fast forward/rewind my podcast a few minutes, I ask Siri. Beyond that, I don't talk to my car. I don't even like talking to most humans, why would I want to talk to my car?
A bit of hyperbole, no? It’s really not the end of the world, it will get better.
 
It's trash. It's bad and Lucid should feel bad.

Because I don't have the time to hop on this forum every single time my Air has a glitch (because of life, you see), I haven't had the chance to check if anyone else has "Listening" pop up randomly while driving, whether listening to music, a podcast or nothing at all. Happens to me at least once on every single short drive. It's infuriating, which, now that I think of it, is just about the worst feeling a luxury car should impart onto an owner.

"Hey Lucid" makes as much sense as flavored suppositories and is about as welcome as a turd in a punchbowl.

I really wish the SW team at Lucid could simply just fix the bajallion things that need ironed out in this car rather than waste their time on steaming crap like this. Did no one at the scrum meeting have the courage to say "Really fellas? Voice commands haven't been de rigueur since K-cars yelled 'Door is Ajar!' at their owners. Why don't we just work on making sure the doors unlock when the customers want them to? Baby steps and all that, you know?"

My Rivian actually has very good voice command functionality. Thing is, I couldn't care less - short of entering directions into the nav, it's just easier to use the buttons and touchscreen. Why would I want to have a conversation with an idiot (human, car, or otherwise) just to turn the fan up a bit when I could simply tap a button a couple of times and be done with it?

These voice command features seem so anachronistic to me. It's like how in the 1950s people actually thought TV dinners were great because...reasons, I guess? Then finally, after people got tired of pretending instant potatoes and processed meat scraps wadded into something vaguely loaf-shaped were really swell, they wisened up and banished them to the domain of sad divorced dads only.

What's next for 2.5x, Lucid? A CrO2 setting so I can listen to my Schon & Hammer cassette in real hi-fi?

I have an iPhone, which has Siri. The Air has CarPlay, so if I need directions, I ask Siri. If I want to fast forward/rewind my podcast a few minutes, I ask Siri. Beyond that, I don't talk to my car. I don't even like talking to most humans, why would I want to talk to my car?
It would probably take less time to turn Hey Lucid off than writing this rant.
 
A bit of hyperbole, no? It’s really not the end of the world, it will get better.

Hyperbole? Sure. It's how I express myself. Hyperbole is a common ingredient in any piece of creative writing where stylistic effect and emphasis can increase reader engagement and make one's point more salient.

That said, no one said it was the end of the world. And of course it will get better - it goes without saying when it comes to technology.

That's not the point.

My point was that Lucid, a company that doesn't have pennies to waste, shouldn't be blowing valuable resources on stuff like this. Even if the "Hey Lucid" team consists of only a handful of employees, that's still too many when you consider that the existing SW and user experience "has ample opportunities for improvement", and that's what I call the opposite of hyperbole.
 
It would probably take less time to turn Hey Lucid off than writing this rant.
You'd think so, but given that I've already hard reset my Air twice today for having unresponsive HVAC buttons and a hood that kept opening and closing like Pac-Man, you'd be dead wrong.
 
Hyperbole? Sure. It's how I express myself. Hyperbole is a common ingredient in any piece of creative writing where stylistic effect and emphasis can increase reader engagement and make one's point more salient.

That said, no one said it was the end of the world. And of course it will get better - it goes without saying when it comes to technology.

That's not the point.

My point was that Lucid, a company that doesn't have pennies to waste, shouldn't be blowing valuable resources on stuff like this. Even if the "Hey Lucid" team consists of only a handful of employees, that's still too many when you consider that the existing SW and user experience "has ample opportunities for improvement", and that's what I call the opposite of hyperbole.
And when you use hyperbole to an excess, your point won’t be taken as seriously as it might otherwise be. Have you called CS and made an appointment? That might be your best and most productive approach.
 
My point was that Lucid, a company that doesn't have pennies to waste, shouldn't be blowing valuable resources on stuff like this. Even if the "Hey Lucid" team consists of only a handful of employees, that's still too many when you consider that the existing SW and user experience "has ample opportunities for improvement", and that's what I call the opposite of hyperbole.
I understand and would usually agree with this sentiment. But given Lucid Assistant is built on AI, and no software company should be ignoring AI at the moment, I think a voice assistant is a rather good way for Lucid to develop in-house talent on AI skills.

It’s one of those things where it likely won’t lead to anything earth shattering in the short term. But long term, you have no idea where these technologies can lead. Well worth a small investment, if you ask me.
 
Today I said, "Hey, Lucid, lower rear sunshade."

It answered, "I cannot do that. You will have to do that yourself. Please manually lower it." I was a bit bemused at how uselessly instructive the response was.

As I was driving, I did not want to go into the screen menus. A minute later, the sunshade suddenly lowered.
 
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