Apples may have been the first company to introduce a smart assistant in smartphones, but it has been surpassed by Google and Amazon over time. However, the company isn’t giving up on Siri just yet. Instead, it seems to be working on a bunch of new updates. Combined with the fact that Apple has added new features to Siri in almost all of its recent launch events tells us that there’s more to come.
The apples new data comes from documents that were originally leaked to The Guardian about Apple’s grading program for Siri responses. While most publications focused on the privacy aspect of all this (which we’ll recap in a bit), it also tells us about plans the company has for Siri in upcoming launches, perhaps even the September 10th event.
Apple is also in the process of expanding Siri’s functionality in iOS 13, giving the Apple Watch more robust access to the digital assistant’s Shazam, Find My, and App Store-hunting capabilities and enabling a HomePod to begin playback based on a verbal command initiated on another Siri device. A feature that could automatically read text messages through AirPods, akin to a similar CarPlay feature, popped in and out of iOS 13 betas.
Mashable asked Google Assistant and Siri the same question: Do I have a cold? Google Assistant expresses sympathy, asks you for more information about what symptoms you’re experiencing (through pre-written prompts), gives advice for how to treat symptoms, and ultimately advises you get in touch with a doctor.
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Siri has a ways to go if it’s going to catch up with other voice assistants in health offerings. But the tidibit of information on its upcoming capabilities could give us a clue about what part it could play in Tim Cook’s “Apple: Healthcare company” rebrand.