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WWDC 2019: Siri Expected to Become More Useful With Third-Party Apps on iOS 13 and More
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What did you hope to gain from asking her to set a reminder 3 weeks from now? You would have immediately had to tell her what reminder. Honestly, bad command.
Google Assistant is spyware so any incremental improvement comes at the expense of your privacy.
Reminders on Siri are a bad example of something she does poorly. I just literally never have a problem. You have to be somewhat mindful in how you ask questions or give commands to any voice assistant, but it's easier than chewing gum.
They killed the single useful thing Siri did for me, which was being able to say "Play top songs by _____" and have them play the TOP SONGS, and not just a shuffle of 50 "popular" songs.
You have a top song designation in Apple Music - why am I unable to use Siri to play that anymore?
You have a top song designation in Apple Music - why am I unable to use Siri to play that anymore?
Again, it's anecdotal and doesn't really identify a specific issue. What i was looking for is something lime, "Siri can't do xyz" and it's a verifiable fact. I don't know why you're having so much trouble. There has been extensive testing done to compare them and Siri actually excels at "command" tasks.
Based on this Chart, Siri is #2 in Local, #2 in Commerce, #2 in Navigation, #4 in Information, and #1 in command.
The only one Google has a large lead is Commerce, where everyone except Google struggled. Siri is not great with information, but not awful.
The article also notes Siri made the largest improvements in 2018, meaning the "Siri sucks" position by the haters needs to be re-evaluated.
I have no issue with siri. Everything I ask, she does without issue. I know it's fun to bash siri but it's grown and improved over the years and is great now. As is apple maps which I find to be more accurate than waze and on par with google maps and we travel a lot towing a trailer around the country.
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So true. In iOS 12 I can use Siri to tell Spotify what to play or where Google Maps should Navigate. But the experience lacks polish, is buggy and many actions require the screen to be unlocked.
Well obviously it's related because now you can make Siri do a million things you couldn't before.
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Is correct, Siri is far far better than Alexa which is an utter joke.
Try real life instead of paper and graphs! There’s a world to experience outside where Siri just sucks
Great post - and I agree with all the outcomes - when it comes to commands and home automation, Siri absolutely kills Alexa or Google. Google does lead the way in terms of information stuff, but again occasionally Homepod will give you the same answer in actually a better format (of all 3, Siri answers Premier League Football scores in the best manner)
I think anyone saying "Siri is rubbish" from the start of this thread used it once back in 2009 and has just stuck with the same joke since then.
Nice analysis. I mean, the data is at least directional. You saying it “sucks” literally adds no value.
Never mind Siri improvements, but does it seem like most other purported "new features" are iPad focussed. Not hearing much about what iOS 13 will bring to the iPhone, you know, other than dark mode and "files app improvements".
Checking a box IS good. You can create separate storyboards for the mac interface. It will be fine.
Well it's all rumor. Just because you haven't heard other rumors, as unreliable as they can be, doesn't mean they aren't adding tons of stuff.
She better be able to better understand what you’re saying as she’s still poor at just figuring out which of the still limited things one asks her to do.
They won’t abandon it because they probably have plans for it, don’t forget these things are years in the making. Besides it’s a useful tool when editing.
I don’t even have the Siri shortcut app on my phone.
Siri is spot on at setting alarms for me lol that’s all I use her for.
Siri is spot on at setting alarms for me lol that’s all I use her for.
I would as well. I think the Touch Bar is useful I also think it’s going to get more useful when Marzipan comes out.
So I'm not heavily invested in Apple's ecosystem (although I buy their products), and that includes not being invested in app purchases and voice assistants activated devices.
Do you guys actually find Siri useful? When I did attempt to get into using voice assistants a few years ago Siri's inaccuracy at detecting what I said, and more specifically inability to do anything about that aside from searching the web. I was using google assistant several years back and remember finding it extremely useful (not only perfect at detecting), but the answer it provided (even if information divulged from the internet) was very much on point, despite the large array of random questions I would ask it, as I'm very much an information collecting type of individual and look up several things per day.
TLDR, Siri dissuaded me from using voice assistance, Google assistant encouraged me, purely from the experience. I understand all ecosystem's can easily do things like set up alarms, calendar events, home automation, etc -- but does anyone else share my sentiment when it comes to accessing new information/asking questions?
Do you guys actually find Siri useful? When I did attempt to get into using voice assistants a few years ago Siri's inaccuracy at detecting what I said, and more specifically inability to do anything about that aside from searching the web. I was using google assistant several years back and remember finding it extremely useful (not only perfect at detecting), but the answer it provided (even if information divulged from the internet) was very much on point, despite the large array of random questions I would ask it, as I'm very much an information collecting type of individual and look up several things per day.
TLDR, Siri dissuaded me from using voice assistance, Google assistant encouraged me, purely from the experience. I understand all ecosystem's can easily do things like set up alarms, calendar events, home automation, etc -- but does anyone else share my sentiment when it comes to accessing new information/asking questions?
I hope you're right because Apple's implementation is questionable at best.
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Yeah their plans likely involve removing the keyboard entirely and replacing it with a touch sensitive surface. Just ask iPad users how happy we are with the current state of productivity on that platform.
iPhone 6, newest iOS, shortcut: There was a problem with the app...
Complete reset did not do anything. The shortcut was sent to iPhone 6s - works over Siri, iPhone X - works over Siri, iPhone 8 - works over Siri, iPhone Xs + Max - works over Siri.
- Hey Siri start a 6 minute timer.
--> There was a problem (every 10th time I get this). How is there a problem starting a timer? Sometimes it still runs though.
- Hey Siri, I lost my keys.
--> Here is what I found on the web for you.
Complete reset did not do anything. The shortcut was sent to iPhone 6s - works over Siri, iPhone X - works over Siri, iPhone 8 - works over Siri, iPhone Xs + Max - works over Siri.
- Hey Siri start a 6 minute timer.
--> There was a problem (every 10th time I get this). How is there a problem starting a timer? Sometimes it still runs though.
- Hey Siri, I lost my keys.
--> Here is what I found on the web for you.