The reason I ask is even though we have iPads, iPhones and iMacs they are not very often the latest version since apple do a refresh every 6 - 12 months. With that said, could apple overhaul Siri to the point where it would only work well on there latest hardware at that time, and not on earlier generations that had full support for Siri, because let's not forget Siri is still in beta.
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Is Siri software or hardware?
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It's kind of both since all software has minimum hardware requirements.
Similar to the camera app being able to take still shots while filming but only so on the iPhone 5, I can see Siri evolving in ways that are only supported on some newer devices while retaining what it does now on current devices.
I don't think it would ever get to a point where an iPhone 4S, for example, "loses" Siri simply because Siri's "outgrown" it.
like everyone else said, both. That is the reason the 4 was excluded even though it runs the same version of IOS.
Unless you Jailbreak the iPhone 4 and then it works fine.
The reality is that *nothing* is impossible in software.
There's not a single part of iOS or App that could not work on older devices, a Mac, PC or an Android phone.
There ARE some things that the iPhone 4S/5 and the newer iPads have that the older devices don't, but that wouldn't actually stop Siri working on them in some capacity.
it wasn't always excluded on the 4, Siri used to be an App you could download in the App Store.
I don't know if I should cry or bang my head against a wall until I bleed.
Siri is pure software. No its not hardware its software. Its software in its purest definition. It had lines of codes etc
Siri is pure software. No its not hardware its software. Its software in its purest definition. It had lines of codes etc
Neither since both are superfluous reactions to an Internet forum thread.
Right, but Siri can't run on my TV remote or my coffee maker or my little hand-me-down desktop speakers that I never use at work.
Based on the content of the initial post, as opposed to just the thread title, it seems appropriate to mention hardware alongside software:
If, for example, this "overhaul" included a holographic Siri, a la Leia, it would almost certainly not be possible for an iPhone 4S or 5 to project it whereas it could be possible for a future iPhone with appropriate hardware to do so.