I Tested the Three Big Voice Assistants to See Who’s Best at Predicting Weather

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Home > Smart Home I Tested the Three Big Voice Assistants to See Who’s Best at Predicting Weather Pitting Gemini, Alexa Plus and Siri AI against each other revealed how well these assistants can interpret local weather. CNET Art Team Ever wonder which voice assistant knows your weather the best? For the past couple of months, I’ve been testing out the big three — Amazon’s Alexa Plus, Google Gemini for Home (which is busy replacing Google Assistant) and Apple’s Siri AI — to see who gets the weather right most often.

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▪Home > Smart Home I Tested the Three Big Voice Assistants to See Who’s Best at Predicting Weather Pitting Gemini, Alexa Plus and Siri AI against each other revealed how well these assistants can interpret local weather.
▪CNET Art Team Ever wonder which voice assistant knows your weather the best?
▪For the past couple of months, I’ve been testing out the big three — Amazon’s Alexa Plus, Google Gemini for Home (which is busy replacing Google Assistant) and Apple’s Siri AI — to see who gets the weather right most often.

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Home > Smart Home I Tested the Three Big Voice Assistants to See Who’s Best at Predicting Weather Pitting Gemini, Alexa Plus and Siri AI against each other revealed how well these assistants can interpret local weather. Tyler Lacoma Senior Editor / Home Security and Smart Home Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and security technology for over a dozen years, explaining the latest features, privacy tricks and top recommendations.… Read full bio Tyler Lacoma Senior Editor / Home Security and Smart Home Read full bio October 1, 2026, 6:00 am ET 4 min read I tested my voice assistants against volatile weather to see if reports were right.

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