Siri: Maps and Local Search for International Customers Coming in 2012

Sad

Just discovered that myself. It's a bit of an odd thing to hold back - surely the commands and the info source are exactly the same in UK as in the US - same language and all (well near enough). I even have my phone set to use the US voice since I'd rather have a female voice, still no dice.

"Sorry Phil, I can't look for restaurants in the UK." Ballbags.

and with more languages too i hope

2012!?!

LOL I would be so pissed buying one today to find that didn't work, I had not read anywhere about that, glad I decided to wait till Christmas now.

Hehe, nice omission by Apple to let everyone know... It makes siri that much more useless for people who were hoping to use it outside of the US.

Was there any disclaimer stating this? You'd have thought that a company with such vast resources would have been able to offer US and international support from day one.

Kind of lame to see 4S not supporting from the beginning considering they had enough time...

Good thing I didn't buy mine for Siri. I guess all the people who keep downranking me because I don't find Siri the 2nd coming need to chill a bit.

It's a beta version of software that is better voice control. If you bought the phone simply for that, I don't know what to say. I'm in it for the A5 processor and better camera myself.

Beta

Does the word "Beta" ring a bell? They said from the very beginning that it was beta and wouldn't be feature full at launch.

RichardBeer said:

Was there any disclaimer stating this? You'd have thought that a company with such vast resources would have been able to offer US and international support from day one.

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jmpnop said:

Kind of lame to see 4S not supporting from the beginning considering they had enough time...

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It's beta software. All the other Siri features work in several languages apart from Maps and Yelp integration. Apple is a US-focused corporation so don't be surprised when certain features come out here first.

Well that's undoubtedly a little disappointing, although at least they don't have too long to wait. It would have been better to have been a little more forthcoming on Apple's part, however.

DOH!!!!

I tried this today when I bought my phone. Pretty upset that it doesn't work! When they say that it will be available in 2012 ..... I sure hope it's January!!!

That sucks.

I thought Apple doesn't release things until it "just works"??

KPOM said:

It's beta software. All the other Siri features work in several languages

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By several you mean 3 right ? French, German, English. As long as you don't have a strong accent.

Again folks : Siri = Voice control on steroids. Not the 2nd coming. Don't let it get you down.

The iPhone really is crippled here in Japan. Limited Siri features; no official tethering plan; throttled 3G data speeds for ALL customers; and absolutely no official carrier unlock, even when paying full price for the phone.

Softbank = Fail.

Apple replacing Google one step at a time.

For people who are complaining about this not working internationally yet, I suppose you could always return the phone or give it to somebody else? Like… me?

Consultant said:

Apple replacing Google one step at a time.

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How do you know this isn't just using Google in the background ? This requires a map engine and a search engine after all. It doesn't conjure up results out of thin air.

KnightWRX said:

Good thing I didn't buy mine for Siri. I guess all the people who keep downranking me because I don't find Siri the 2nd coming need to chill a bit.

It's a beta version of software that is better voice control. If you bought the phone simply for that, I don't know what to say. I'm in it for the A5 processor and better camera myself.

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I absolutely agree. The speech that it uses especially is a bit whack and outdated. However, when Siri can integrate more tightly with Maps, and when Maps advances out of 2007, it will truly be useful.

"Find me the closest In N Out on my route" or, while integrated with apps (Gas Buddy), "Find me the cheapest gas station on my route within the next 30 miles"

Booo Apple.
You are an international company, a majority of your revenue is outside of the US, act like a responsible company towards non US customers.
I said it in another forum post and will say it again:
Apple has more profit and more money than Nokia yet Nokia has support for most countries, why not you Apple with all that cash reserve?

I just can't believe Spanish nor Chinese (Mandarin) were not included off the bat

Apple stated in the announcement that local businesses was US only at launch.