Apple's Siri wrong 38 percent of the time in test

"Yo, Siri. Will you be better than Google one day?"

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Life can't be easy if you're Siri.

Apple's factota has to rely on your voice, regardless of whether you're drunk or sober, have a characteristically difficult regional accent or shriek when you're stressed.

So when redoubtable analysts at Piper Jaffray decided to pit her against Google voice search, this was a little like asking Adele to appear in a cage match with Chuck Norris.

Still, she bravely went out into busy Minneapolis streets -- there are some -- and tried to do her best.

Indeed, Fortune reports that, despite all the distractions of people wearing purple, she managed to perform 62 percent of searches correctly.

She even improved to 68 percent when asked questions in a peaceful room.

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