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12-29-2017, 06:00 AM
When an 85-year-old grandmother learns to use Google Home, an angel gets its wings
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If you missed your grandmother this year, this video will probably make you feel a little better.*
YouTuber Ben Actis (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTFXOi1CD5PkESyKA51gtRQ) uploaded a video Wednesday of his 85-year-old Italian grandma trying to get acquainted with a new Google Home. Sure, her accent might get in the way, but she seems to have a difficult time understand the exact protocol when conversing with our new voice-activated assistants/overlords.*
And when it does work..."I'm scared. It's a mystery."
She is a wonderful mascot for everything we can one day hope to be: Someone who can have a good time trying to figure out these new fangled whoozie whatsits the kids keep giving you for Christmas. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/28/italian-grandma-google-home/)
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If you missed your grandmother this year, this video will probably make you feel a little better.*
YouTuber Ben Actis (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTFXOi1CD5PkESyKA51gtRQ) uploaded a video Wednesday of his 85-year-old Italian grandma trying to get acquainted with a new Google Home. Sure, her accent might get in the way, but she seems to have a difficult time understand the exact protocol when conversing with our new voice-activated assistants/overlords.*
And when it does work..."I'm scared. It's a mystery."
She is a wonderful mascot for everything we can one day hope to be: Someone who can have a good time trying to figure out these new fangled whoozie whatsits the kids keep giving you for Christmas. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/28/italian-grandma-google-home/)
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