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Apple CEO Tim Cook Says Revamped Siri on Track to Launch Next Year
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Or ask het what month it is.
Or ask het to call Mr. and Mrs. Appleseed. The reply is: "I can only call one person at a time". Which is stupid, since there is only 1 contact with their landline. No mobile, so just one number.
Its always going to be Cloud + device... but with Apple, they are going to emphasize the device, and that is why Apple Intelligence (includes Siri) is taking a long time to come to fruition. How much Apple wants to build Apple Intelligence into their hardware (like SOCs --therefore on device) is what's making it appear that Apple is having a tough time with AI.
That's all well and good, but their implementation of it is still pathetic. The easiest example is cleanup. Samsung absolutely mops the floor with Apple with this feature. Apple is literally 2-3 years behind on just that one feature alone.
Tim says a lot of things. Doesn’t make them true. AirPower, Vision Pro, Apple Intelligence, Siri, and on and on.
The only thing he says that has any weight is their earnings.
The only thing he says that has any weight is their earnings.
Actually quite happy it's taking them a while, hopefully they get it spot on
Siri has gotten increasingly worse as soon as they announced Apple Intelligence.
Is it to lower the bar for us, so the "new" and "revamped" Siri will feel better than it actually is? (just the less-bad Siri we had before)
Is it to lower the bar for us, so the "new" and "revamped" Siri will feel better than it actually is? (just the less-bad Siri we had before)
I'm surprised they're in the race at all, given how little other AI companies profit.
Hasn't this been said pretty continuously for the last decade. Maybe Cook should wait until Siri is ready before sprouting off. Oh, wait, it's Cook who never seems to miss an opportunity to pontificate.
I thought they worked on the cancelled car project. What was it called again?
I use Siri to mostly control lights. The oddest thing is I have 1 light that Siri can never control. Always replies “garage light not responding.”
Then I open the Home app, tap the garage light button and BOOM! outdoor lighting is go. No idea what causes the disconnect just for this 1 light. I’ve deleted and re-added the light a few times but it just doesn’t work.
I remember when Siri came out on the iPhone 4s... in 2011.. it genuinely does not seem any better today. Almost worse in some ways.
We have a relatively robust HomeKit setup, and we use siri quite often for controlling our home. We have learned to work within its limits, and don't have many hiccups anymore. I for one can't wait for it to have expanded capabilities for controlling the home.
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My son's "on track" to graduate high school sometime before his 21st birthday.
Actually that would be completely on brand for Apple - take their time, see what others do, and release something more polished and successful. Unfortunately that hasn’t been the pattern lately, so hoping they can execute this time.
Being too safe can be a detriment
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We are passed that time. Other companies have lapped Apple and there are no signs of them catching up.
The current Siri version “26” still is 99.9999% useless. Can’t do the simplest tasks, and still can’t understand most questions. I’ve been with Siri since day 1, and Apple since the Apple ][…….. so disappointed. We NEED Woz to the rescue 🛟
Apple CEO Tim Cook today said that a more personalized version of Siri remains on track to launch at some point next year, with the new set of features expected to debut on the iPhone as part of iOS 26.4 in March or April.
"We're also excited for a more personalized Siri," said Cook, on Apple's earnings call for the third quarter of the 2025 calendar year. "We're making good progress on it, and as we've shared, we expect to release it next year."
Apple first announced the personalized Siri features during its WWDC 2024 keynote, but in March it announced that they were delayed. The new capabilities will include better understanding of a user's personal context, on-screen awareness, and deeper per-app controls. For example, Apple showed an iPhone user asking Siri about their mother's flight and lunch reservation plans based on info from the Mail and Messages apps.
Apple is facing multiple class action lawsuits over the delayed features.
Article Link: Apple CEO Tim Cook Says Revamped Siri on Track to Launch Next Year
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That was my first thought. Next year can be very different from next spring.
I kinda hope it’s delayed again, because I think that would be funnier than new Siri would be useful. And I could use a good laugh in this bleak world.
Oh, you see now she does that perfectly for me. Is there any chance that higher RAM devices have Siri working better? She works perfectly fine on my M2 iPad Pro with 16 GB of RAM but not nearly as well on my iPad mini seven, with what…8? If you don’t mind telling me, what device is it that you have that she doesn’t do those functions on? I am getting curious now as to what makes the difference where she works at least OK on some devices and not others. I’d be curious about the consistency of accuracy on the ones that she does work well on. Or is there some other reason besides RAM? I’m very curious what March will bring.