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Microsoft BOB VS Amazon Alexa

Compare Microsoft BOB VS Amazon Alexa and see what are their differences

Microsoft BOB logo Microsoft BOB

Microsoft Bob was a 1995 Microsoft software product, intended to provide a more user-friendly...

Amazon Alexa logo Amazon Alexa

Virtual assistant developed by Amazon
  • Microsoft BOB Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-08-05
  • Amazon Alexa Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-02-13

Microsoft BOB videos

The Microsoft Bob Experience: Was It Really THAT Bad?

More videos:

  • Review - Just How Bad Was Microsoft Bob? - A Retrospective
  • Review - Microsoft BOB - A tour of Microsoft's forgotten desktop "enhancement"

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Microsoft BOB and Amazon Alexa)
AI Assistant
21 21%
79% 79
Chatbots
24 24%
76% 76
Knowledge Sharing
25 25%
75% 75
IoT
35 35%
65% 65

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Amazon Alexa seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 83 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Microsoft BOB mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Microsoft BOB yet. Tracking of Microsoft BOB recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Amazon Alexa mentions (83)

  • Echo Plus 1st gen will not pair and alexa app will not find it
    So our Alexa Echo Plus has been working great until our account was hacked. Thinking it was not paired correctly I reset the device. First with the button then with a pin on the bottom. The alexa app will not discover the device. The website alexa.amazon.com login page is missing. Source: 5 months ago
  • Complete reset Alexa
    The "old" Tipp to use alexa.amazon.com does not work anymore - at least for me. I cant get to the Alexa Web App. Source: 6 months ago
  • Echo gen 1 setup not working
    Edit 1: spent the last 2 hours looking in to what I believe is every possible reddit post related to this issue, I have found out that many have solved it with the web interface using alexa.amazon.com which right now only prompts me to scan a qr code that will open the alexa app on my device thus useless, otherwise there is the possibility to try and connect it as a tap device, which for me does not work, I have... Source: 7 months ago
  • [HELP] 1st Gen Echo wont connect to wifi
    So, for some reason my 1st gen echo was disconnected and after googling and trying all the fix that I have read both in google and here in reddit, it wont connect to wifi. The only thing I havent tried is using the site called alexa.amazon.com, the reason is the site is telling you to download the app. What I have tried. Source: 7 months ago
  • How to connect Alexa to wi-fi
    Alexa is developed by Amazon, a voice-activated virtual assistant that can assist you with a wide range of tasks like playing music, managing smart home appliances, setting reminders, placing calls, and much more. Source: 8 months ago
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Rhasspy - Rhasspy transforms voice commands into JSON events that can trigger actions in home automation software.

Braina - Braina (Brain Artificial) is an intelligent personal assistant software for Windows OS that allows you to interact with your computer using voice commands.