Alexa vs Siri vs Google: Which can carry on a conversation best?

A digital assistant relies on many different technology systems, all working together on the device and inside a network of computer data centres that connect to the assistant over the internet

Digital assistants like Amazon’s Echo can listen to you. And they can talk back. But that doesn’t mean they can carry on a good conversation.

As the devices that run these assistants become more commonplace — 39 million Americans now own one, according to a recent study — Amazon and competitors like Apple and Google foresee a day when you can chat with their assistants like you would with a friend.

We explored the conversational limits of the leading assistants. After consulting with the companies involved and a few artificial intelligence experts we created tests that show what they can and can’t