Google Now gets an epic 47-question interrogation, survives for now (video)

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You've seen us give Google Now a shakedown in our [Jelly Bean review][3], but one JLishere decided to give the voice command system an unusually thorough grilling. The 47-question test goes beyond what Google showed [onstage at I/O][4] and shows that, in some cases, Android's new rival to Siri can cover a wide range of answers, whether it's day-to-day queries like directions and image searches to more esoteric trivia, like the minimum height for riding Disney World's Space Mountain. There's even a special treat for those who dare to bring up Google's best-known [Easter egg][5]. That said, we wouldn't be too eager to kick [earlier voice command systems][6] to the curb: we've tried a few close variants on the questions and sometimes managed to stump Google Now, so it's clear Google could stand to layer on some more polish. JLishere's original video evidence is available after the break.

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