In this article, you'll learn how to install the update and take advantage of the watchOS 5 features, including Walkie-Talkie, activity competitions, and more.
First announced in June, watchOS 5 brings significant new features to the table, including Walkie-Talkie, Activity Competitions, Podcasts, among others. There is also an expanded Siri watch face and four new watch faces.
Siri Shortcuts Suggestions are set to arrive on iOS 12 in just a few days. However, if you're using an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, you're out of luck. The new capabilities won't be available for iPhones produced in 2014 or earlier, according to Apple's Craig Federighi (via Reddit).
At the IFA tech show in Berlin on Thursday, Google announced that Google Assistant, a competitor to Apple’s Siri, can now speak up to two languages at the same time, meaning it's now bilingual.
iOS 12 makes Siri flashlight a reality. While this is something we learned back at June's WWDC, we're bringing this convenient feature to your attention ahead of iOS 12's public launch.
Voice assistants like Siri and Google Assistant haven’t been created equal, with each has its own strengths and weaknesses. Amazon and Microsoft seemed to have recognized this when they announced a unique partnership last year that would combine the resources of Alexa and Cortana, respectively, across the two voice platforms. Nearly a year later, that collaboration is being put on display for the public for the first time, according to CNET.
An updated version of iOS 12's new automation-focused Shortcuts app is now available for testing to registered developers, packing limited integration with Apple's HomeKit framework.
There's a new smart speaker set to arrive this year, and like the Apple HomePod, it's going to be sold at the top end of the emerging smart home market. The Galaxy Home speaker is the first to include Samsung's Bixby voice assistant; it was announced earlier today alongside the Note 9 smartphone and Galaxy Watch.
Apple Thursday published a new entry on its Machine Learning Journal blog which goes highly technical on Siri's ability to recognize obscurely-named points of interest on a map, like your local restaurants, businesses and other places.
Siri makes for a useful hands-free voice assistant on the iPhone and iPad, but the full-screen interface that appears after calling upon her assistance tends to be somewhat intrusive.
SmallSiri is a new free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer Muirey03 that solves this problem by making the Siri interface roughly the same height as a standard notification banner.
Learn how to properly use the hands-free “Hey Siri” or “Siri” feature in a multi-device environment so that only the right Apple device responds to the wake-up phrase.
Loup Ventures has published the results of a new survey that looks at the intelligence of the smart assistants currently on the market. The study asked Apple's Siri, Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, and Microsoft's Cortana the same 800 questions. The results were somewhat surprising.
Apple's expected to introduce a major HomePod software update this Fall that could significantly change how you use and enjoy the smart speaker. Among the features coming soon is the ability to make phone calls, manage several timers at once, translate text, and more.