No issues in having a visual change but really hope that along with it, the functionality will improve. Maybe the new design will fit better for the upcoming devices, but the current glow around the sreen when activating Siri/Apple Intelligence is good too.
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Report: Siri to Get New Design on iPhone and iPad as Early as Next Year
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Now, maybe a perfect opportunity for Folks as School has started back up pull the old Walter Isaacson‘s jobs book off the shelf and take another read of it. It’s pretty interesting in the same age when Apple TV sucks although they had cracked the code on how to bridge the gap on all the wire cutters or whatever you wanna call them nowadays, cable cutters, and he had this new thing that was coming. I was gonna change everything and it never materialized cause Steve died. The whole book doesn’t really plan out like it did when I read it in 2011.
It is well known by now that Apple plans to launch its more personalized version of Siri next year, but apparently the company has even bigger plans.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman on Wednesday reported that Apple is preparing a "visually redesigned" version of Siri that will debut on the iPhone and iPad "as early as next year." However, he did not provide any specific details about the new design.
Gurman said that Apple is planning a tabletop robot for release in 2027. On that device, he said that Apple has tested making Siri look like an animated version of the Mac's Finder logo, but he said the company was also considering ideas that look more like Memoji. It is unclear if Siri would get a life-like avatar on the iPhone and iPad too.
Apple already redesigned Siri last year, but only on iPhone and iPad models that support Apple Intelligence. On those devices, a colorful glow appears around the edges of the screen when Siri is invoked. On older iPhone and iPad models, Siri has an older design, with a circular icon popping up at the bottom of the screen when it is invoked.
It seems like Siri will be getting a lot better next year, with Gurman having previously said that iPhone and iPad users will be able to take action within apps entirely with voice commands. The upgrade is expected to arrive with iOS 26.4.
"With nothing but your voice, you'll be able to tell Siri to find a specific photo, edit it and send it off," he wrote. "Or comment on an Instagram post. Or scroll a shopping app and add something to your cart. Or log in to a service without touching the screen."
A visual overhaul would be fitting for such big changes.
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Wow, another interface change and yet more years of ignoring many markets and languages that ChatGPT handles perfectly well. Thank you, Apple.
Change the name....my HomePod constantly hears me call for my child "Hey Sadie" and siri is so bad that it constantly responds. Its obnoxious.
They announced the previous redesign for iOS 18. Now iOS 26 is upcoming.
Great. So it can tell me what it can't do, but with a different look.
Well, Apple hasn't shown you ANY redesign since the last one, certainly not the one that's being discussed in the article, and they're currently working on releasing a Siri that works as it should. And they haven't released it yet. So....what is your comment?
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I remember this well but I honestly think Steve was just talking about the touchpad remote + Siri which came out a few years after he died. He was specifically talking about the interface with Apple TV.
I've always said the only thing wrong with Siri was its appearance. Bring in a couple of emojis and the AI competition will just throw in their towels.
Something tells me the graphic artists and designers aren't the same people who would be working on the software functionality. Apple isn't taking "resources" from one to give to the other.
I'm fine as long as the Siri Avatar doesn't look (or act) like "PAL" in "The Mitchells vs the Machines" on Netflix! (good movie if you haven't seen it already).
I don't need to look at the face of an Avatar to make a request; I just need to be able to ask it a question in natural human language and expect a reasonable answer (as if I was talking to a human).
I assume all the peeps at Apple who could have pulled this off have been poached by Meta or other AI shops...
I don't need to look at the face of an Avatar to make a request; I just need to be able to ask it a question in natural human language and expect a reasonable answer (as if I was talking to a human).
I assume all the peeps at Apple who could have pulled this off have been poached by Meta or other AI shops...
If it works great no one will care about the name and if it doesn't then no new name could help. They gain credibility with this simply by having something work well, nothing else needed.
I actually prefer the version with the orb. It is futuristic looking and it is a point that can be seen from across the room if you have had called Siri to do something when you’re not holding your device.
No, not a new name. I like to think of Siri like Captain America. Steve Rogers was still Steve Rogers, even after he got the super serum.