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Siri Gets Smarter

Jun 8, 2015, 12:42 PM by Rich Brome @richbrome
updated Jun 8, 2015, 12:45 PM

Apple today announced that iOS 9 will include a new version of its Siri voice assistant that's both smarter and more proactive. The new Siri can respond intelligently to commands such as "show me my photos from Utah" and "remind about this web page when I get home". Siri also includes proactive visual suggestions integrated into a new search tool that lives to the left of the main home screen (like older versions of iOS.) The new search tool also includes an API allowing apps to expose in-app content to the iOS system search tool. Siri can also sift through email and act on event invitations (much like Gmail) to automatically add events to the calendar, prompt when it's time to leave, and suggest driving directions. It also attempts to link incoming call phone numbers with contact info in email, to provide richer contact info on incoming calls.

source: Apple

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T Bone

Jun 9, 2015, 10:41 AM

Well it certainly couldn't get any dumber!

I've never seen anybody use Siri as anything other than as a kind of amusement, thinking of the absolute stupidest and most ridiculous things to ask it and then watch the alleged hilarity as it gives the dumbest possible response.

I've certainly never seen anyone do anything remotely useful with it. Siri is the most useless, overblown, overhyped smartphone feature ever.

Tofuchong

Jun 8, 2015, 3:29 PM

This IS big brother

Why even life your life for yourself at all when Siri is like a digital life coach? This sounds way too intrusive to me, can people not even decide for themselves where they are going to drive? The dependence on devices like this is ludicrous. Society would collapse if the GPS or Cellular network ever stopped working for any length of time. I have a paper map in my car and it has NEVER let me down.

Rich Brome

First, Apple made a big of pointing out that this specific intelligence runs on your phone, not the cloud. That's the opposite of the way Google does it. So while of course your phone knows a lot about you, this isn't all getting uploaded to Apple. (O...
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