Useless until it can successfully execute "Siri, make me a sandwich."
At the moment, Siri would probably miscomprehend and respond with something along the lines of:
"Sorry, I don't know how to turn humans into foodstuffs."
Useless until it can successfully execute "Siri, make me a sandwich."
Siri will improve over time. The more people that use it is the only way Apple can collect true data on how we speak to Siri, and what we want Siri to do that it can't do already.
Google uses it much better because it searches for things it can't do Automatically. Most of us (like myself) hate when the "would you like for me to search blah blah blah" response comes up, Google's just does it and its much faster.
Are you really that lazy? If you have the screen in front of you, why would you need a voice command to turn down the brightness?"Siri dim my screen"
"Siri turn on WiFi"
"Siri turn on silent mode"
Siri should respond with "Sorry Larry, I can't do that." as she would be protecting you from your own bad choices."Siri download Honey Boo Boo from iTunes"
I think some of the reasons that Google Now is good vs Siri is because it actively "guesses" what you need, while Siri is something you need to constantly ask things of. Google Now alerts you with things before you even think of asking them.
However, one of the big hurdle Siri faces is its reliance on always-on connectivity. Without a data connection, Siri can't even perform offline functions on your phone (like setting reminders, opening apps, playing music that's stored in your library) which also hurts perception of its use when you're limited for connectivity (low signal areas or plain not having data because being abroad). I don't know how Google Now fares in this capacity, not having really used it.
Anyway, I've disabled Siri, much less time consuming to just touch my way to things than ask it, wait for it to analyse what I want, ask for a confirmation, wait for it to analyse my confirmation.
Siri is still crippled and barely useful - especially in loud situations. It's been relegated in my experience to setting up reminders and asking about sports scores...
I think some of the reasons that Google Now is good vs Siri is because it actively "guesses" what you need, while Siri is something you need to constantly ask things of. Google Now alerts you with things before you even think of asking them.
Apple has hosed many people without meaning too. In this case Verizon became attached to another object by an inclined plane wrapped helically around another object.
Siri is useless, in our house all I ever hear people using it for is "X minute timer" when cooking and the occasional whats the sport score. It is quite handy at opening apps..... unless its noisy.
We are all tech savvy people, 4 iPhone 4's in the house and we hardly use it.
None of your have siri unless you have 4 iPhone 4S's
Siri will improve over time. The more people that use it is the only way Apple can collect true data on how we speak to Siri, and what we want Siri to do that it can't do already.
"Siri dim my screen"
"Siri turn on WiFi"
"Siri turn on silent mode"
"Siri download Honey Boo Boo from iTunes"
I could go on and on. In fact, There are more things I wish I could do with Siri than I actually can do with Siri.
Siri. Apple's "innovation" at it's finest.