Either the headline is a redundancy, or the intended meaning was to question whether this is even a rumor (which makes even less sense). We also see the expression "true rumor" used here quite often. That's essentially an oxymoron.
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Questionable Rumor Claims Siri iCloud Integration and Contextual Learning Coming in iOS 11
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Either the headline is a redundancy, or the intended meaning was to question whether this is even a rumor (which makes even less sense). We also see the expression "true rumor" used here quite often. That's essentially an oxymoron.
I don't understand people's dislike of Siri. It works great for my wife and I. Siri rarely misunderstands me. I do wish it had more access to information but as far as doing things like texting, emails, reminders, calendars, directions...etc it works great for me. And those types of things are more important to me than finding out what sound a cat makes. I also have a Nexus and to be honest I am not any more impressed with Assistant than I am of Siri.
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lol. That was exactly my first though when I read that.
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lol. That was exactly my first though when I read that.
I found it's got worse. I barely use it these days except for setting reminders. Even then, I found myself hoping I can recall what I meant when my phone reminds me to "what a joke" (water jug) or "Hey the Internet Hill" (pay the Internet bill).
Worse, "create a reminder" means (in Siri speak) don't create a reminder, modify any random active reminder. And "what song is this?" might mean "what song is playing on the radio" or it might mean "pick a random song, start playing it, then tell me what you picked".
It's pretty crap.
Worse, "create a reminder" means (in Siri speak) don't create a reminder, modify any random active reminder. And "what song is this?" might mean "what song is playing on the radio" or it might mean "pick a random song, start playing it, then tell me what you picked".
It's pretty crap.
Apple engineers DID recently publish a paper on contextualized learning...
This is very exciting. I have wanted Siri to use all the gathering abilities she has on my iDevices to anticipate my actions and learn my behaviors. I want my phone doing things I do regularly (ie, muting volume when I arrive at "work", un-muting when I leave "work", playing only downloaded music when not on wifi, setting my alarm everyday based on calendar events, pulling up my grocery list when I arrive at the market, etc).
I feel like all of these are possible with current technology. Its a matter of a localized Siri to watch my behavior and know my contacts and appointments.
I feel like all of these are possible with current technology. Its a matter of a localized Siri to watch my behavior and know my contacts and appointments.
If Siri enhancements place it on par with the capability inherent in Google Voice, then it's a HUGE win for Apple and its consumers.
I just can't get excited about any of this when half the time "Hey it's Sofiya Siri" doesn't even work (on the phone, it's decent with my watch) and the times that it does it often doesn't provide me with pertinent information any better or faster than a manual google search would provide. It's been around too long for its performance to be, what I consider, bottom of the barrel.
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Every year I tell myself "this is the year". And every year I'm sorely disappointed.
Unfortunately, the automatic mute and un-mute when you arrive at and leave work is currently impossible for a very stupid reason: the physical mute switch. There's no way to flip that physical switch programmatically!
Especially true for the Watch!
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Alexa sucks. I hate my Echo and wish it used Siri instead. Siri needs a lot of work but I'm really not a fan of Alexa.
I recently tested Alexa and I could not stand it. She was horribly slow and boring with the responses. It was actually to the point where Alexa annoyed me. Even though I like what Amazon is doing and expanding with Alexa, being it will need to be integrated further into the home automation world, Alexis far from being perfect. I actually prefer Siri.
About time they expanded Siri's capabilities. I hope they offer user control over the cloud features, for those who need enchanced privacy. Myself, I'd be happy to let it know me across devices. My Mac and iPhone will finally get to know each other.
I hear you. This is why the Google app still resides on my iPhone home screen (with sad Siri disabled).
Sorry just not going to work: To Siri "Turn down the music" Siri to Alexa "Turn down the music" Alexa to Siri "Turn your own music down B**ch"
I use 'set a reminder' and 'what song is this' quit often with no problems, so it's not a universal problem.
My issue comes to this: "Hey Siri" (she replies that she is listening) I say, "Navigate to Kyle's Bikes" (she replies with, "The nearest option is Flix Brewhouse"). Or I ask directions to he Hy Vee grocery store and she responds with directions to the same brewhouse. Actually, for some reason, in the Des Moines metro area, she seems to think Flix Brewhouse is really the only spot you ever need directions to. Or I ask her almost anything else at all that isn't direction related and she simply performs a web search and has a list of results for me. Google's app is far better than any of that.
Thinking about getting a Pixel for better voice integration (among other things). Siri is pretty much useless for me.
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Perhaps you should go to the pub then?
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Perhaps you should go to the pub then?
I find Google laughably bad at understanding actual words, it's Ok once it actually gets that, but it should take care of the god damn basics first.
[doublepost=1490755419][/doublepost]From my own perspective, they're all "bad" but in different ways.
If what it does well matches what you need, well it works great.
The one thing I dislike the most is the fact it will pull out almost 100% the correct info from the web, but seemingly can't work on it using my voice. So, front end requests (1-3) often OK, but final manipulation needs hands on the screen.
Example, If I ask to read me the "I have a dream speach", I always get either the WIKI entry or the foundation that has MLK's material, but then if I try to get it to read it, it balks.
Doesn't happen with all requests of this type though, some I can say read me about X and it will retrieve it from Google or whatever and start to read it.
I think just make it more predictable how it will react would help.
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But some requests are 100% for me no matter how fast I talk while others say they don't work
Examples:
Give me a <ethnic cooking> restaurant near me
Give me the nearest <ethnic cooking> restaurant
Say, "give me a french restaurant near me"
Get a detailed listing and then I can ask to call or get directions.
Its very hard to get this to fail for me, just about 100%.
That's a nice spin and all, the fundamental reason is that apple has not been investing in Siri. If you don't invest in something, it does not improve. We can invisage all we like, investment needs to me made, and you need clever people to make it happen.
One can argue that's is much too late....with many apple owners jumping ship to products like Alexa....frankly Siri is becoming a joke ... using you Mac analogy, it's like apple stopped at the first Mac it produced....in this case bought actually. Siri seemed to be a markerting tool that apple never for serious with. It's not even in the race, but hey, keep thinking apple will do it right .... it the Apple TV of AIs.....a hobby product
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Apple collects all Siri requests, and stores them, what's the emphasis on privacy?
Whaha...Sorry just not going to work: To Siri "Turn down the music" Siri to Alexa "Turn down the music" Alexa to Siri "Turn your own music down B**ch"
The inifinite loop that improves both to the max...
I've got another observation about the current state of Apple's AI. Above the keyboard are a list of 3 words that are predictions for the next word you're going to type. I'm finding these predictions unbelievably good. It takes a bit of time/training to get used to looking up and seeing what they suggest but once you do you'll find the results really amazing. Normally I type in 1 or 2 letters at the most and it's predicted the right word. There have been a few times when I haven't had to type anything and it's got the word I want right there. Apple's AI is much further ahead than what the messages on these boards would have one think.