Apple is working to add major new features to its digital assistant Siri such as on-the-fly machine translation and the ability to have a back-and-forth conversation about health problems, reports The Guardian. The details were gleaned from leaked internal documents obtained by the outlet, located in a section titled ‘fall 2021’ upgrades.
Nike’s latest FitAdapt shoe, the Adapt Huarache, supports Siri Shortcuts for voice controls and the Apple Watch.
After an iOS update with a Siri grading opt-in drops, Apple will continue reviewing computer-generated transcriptions of your Siri audio requests regardless of your opt-in status.
You might like using Siri on your iOS device and if you’re new to Mac, you’ll enjoying using it just as much. Here’s how to use Siri on Mac to work for you.
Apple today detailed how it’s going to improve privacy protection for customers who use its Siri personal assistant after the company suspended the controversial Siri grading initiative and promised to build a dedicated opt-in switch into a future iOS software update.
Apple’s contractors in Ireland were expected to listen to more than a thousand audio clips of Siri recordings every shift before the Cupertino tech giant suspended the controversial practice last month.
Siri still trails behind Google Assistant when it comes to understanding and answering queries correctly, but has a healthy lead against Amazon’s Alexa.
Apple and Spotify are reportedly in talks to find a “Siri truce” and bring media playback controls to the voice assistant.
The HomePod is Apple’s first smart speaker, or a great speaker with some smarts to it, but it’s still struggling against the competition as far as market share is concerned.
Apple is facing a class action lawsuit over “unlawful and intentional” recordings of Siri interactions.
Efforts by Amazon and Google involving contractors reviewing snippets of recorded audio have been temporarily suspended following Apple’s lead on voice assistant review policies.
An upcoming iOS software update will give users controls to choose whether they would like to participate in the grading process or not, according to the company.
