Commentary: A new commercial tries to trigger Google’s smart speaker into talking about Whoppers. But the trick doesn’t last for long.
OK, BK. You sure about this?
Please admit it.
You dream of your gadgets being able to interact with each other. That way, you can concentrate on eating and your gadgets can do all the thinking.
In the ad , a kindly young burger-maker explains that the commercial is a mere 15 seconds. This isn’t enough time to explain just how wonderful the Whopper is.
So he resorts to: “OK Google, what is the Whopper burger? ”
Anyone possessed of a Google Home device (or, indeed, a Google Pixel or other Android phone or tablet ) will leap for joy. Or, at least, leap. For their device will come to life and offer the Wikipedia description of a Whopper. That should make you want to rush out and get one, surely.
However, the trick didn’t last for long.
Just hours after the ad was released Wednesday, reports surfaced that Google had disabled the Home-spun effects of the ad.
