Well, then you will have two assistants answering you and you can find out which is the better.
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Siri Coming to the Mac Menu Bar in OS X 10.12 Later This Year
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Apple needs a name change for each device when using Hey Siri. Drop the Hey part and use Siri Phone or Siri Tablet as an example.
Siri works very well for me, and remember the Mac has had voice recognition as a standard feature that has won awards for allowing people with disabilities to use macs since 2001. I love that Apple takes their time and doesn't even make a big deal out of it at this point. Even the hey Siri thing was a Mac thing. Google stole the idea from them. In 2001 I was able to start commands on my Mac by saying Computer followed by a command. This was not add on software, it was and still is today build into the OS.
Does anyone have experience using Cortana on Windows 10? I would assume Siri would follow the same use cases as that.
That's actually a really good point. One of the things that attracted me to OS X in the first place (Panther I think it was) is that when compared to Windows the uncluttered display was a breath of fresh air. That's just about still the case now, but there's a fine line between that usability and clutter.
Took them long enough. That this will happen was obvious to anyone (feature parity and all), but that it will take so many years is baffling. Wait, actually no - Apple has been extremely slow and clunky on ever increasing number of aspects. For example, that you can step into Apple store and buy some overpriced, pathetic and outdated products like Thunderbolt Display, Macs with multi-year old specs (but the same high price as when introduced!), the ridiculous upgrade prices, memory prices and so on and on.
Don't know about you, but the last years have been a steady disillusionment for me. I already use as many platform agnostic services as possible (Dropbox for files, Spotify for music, Google & Microsoft productivity, Kindle for books and so on), so that I have freedom to switch away if I decide. Android is very good these days and I love my Windows 10 gaming PC. I switched to everything-Apple in 2007, but maybe around 2017 this expensive experiment will be over for me. My last hope is that this year's Macs, OS X 10.12 & iOS 10 will be so amazing that they make me reconsider all this...
Sorry for the rant, these feelings just been piling and I wanted to finally say something.
Don't know about you, but the last years have been a steady disillusionment for me. I already use as many platform agnostic services as possible (Dropbox for files, Spotify for music, Google & Microsoft productivity, Kindle for books and so on), so that I have freedom to switch away if I decide. Android is very good these days and I love my Windows 10 gaming PC. I switched to everything-Apple in 2007, but maybe around 2017 this expensive experiment will be over for me. My last hope is that this year's Macs, OS X 10.12 & iOS 10 will be so amazing that they make me reconsider all this...
Sorry for the rant, these feelings just been piling and I wanted to finally say something.
Sooooo true!!!
Fix the bugs first, remove the bloat then look to do something useful..
Have apple not noticed the mac comes with a browser, and you have a keyboard and mouse...
Finally!!! I've been waiting/hoping for Siri to come to the Mac ever since it was introduced on iOS.
I like the idea and have wanted it since Apple started adding iOS features to the Mac.
The biggest problem though is that sometimes SIRI won't wake up, won't respond, or misunderstands my request.
On my iPhone, sometimes SIRI is 'dumber than dirt'.
However, I will say that the Dictation feature I have used on the Mac has much better speech recognition than SIRI on my iPhone. I can dictate several paragraphs and have it transcribe my speech almost letter-perfect. The context-sensitive word correction is way better than on the iPhone.
And yes, I could see some useful applications for it...
The biggest problem though is that sometimes SIRI won't wake up, won't respond, or misunderstands my request.
On my iPhone, sometimes SIRI is 'dumber than dirt'.
However, I will say that the Dictation feature I have used on the Mac has much better speech recognition than SIRI on my iPhone. I can dictate several paragraphs and have it transcribe my speech almost letter-perfect. The context-sensitive word correction is way better than on the iPhone.
And yes, I could see some useful applications for it...
Down the road I'd like to see Siri (or Cortana or whatever) as a unified service. That you can have conversations, ask questions, control any aspect of your devices, delegate some mundane tasks, reliably control smart home devices and so on - and that you can switch devices seamlessly and still continue the same conversation. Basically I'd want something similar to the service in movie "Her". I'm pretty sure we'll get there, just hope it happens sooner rather than later.
Everybody act surprised when it comes out in June!
I have a feeling it's gonna require the 2015 and up Models.
I have a feeling it's gonna require the 2015 and up Models.
If it's fast and non intrusive then it will be beneficial. If you can just activate Siri via shortcut and say "Remind me..." while continuing to work then it will be great. On the iPhone you basically have to stop what you are doing in order to use Siri.
Agreed. And for some reason developers LOVE misusing that area (just look at how many pointless menubar apps there are on the Mac App Store). I installed Bartender just to hide those unnecessary icons.
If you don't want to be constantly connected then you should probably change your phone. iPhones are permanently connected to APNS by design. That's how "multitasking" on iDevices work. Turn off iCloud and "all that crap" and the phone will still attempt to maintain the connection. The only way to stop this is to disable cellular data.
Siri itself has no impact on your bandwidth when idle - it only starts recording and transmitting after "hey siri" command.
If this means we'd be able to control HomeKit from our Macs, then that'd be awesome. I plan on investing in some connected outlets and light bulbs later this year, and since my Mac is the device I almost always have with me at home, this would be perfect.
