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It won't make Siri do much less, and Siri is already the bottom tier of voice assistants. If Apple was going to allow Siri to talk to Spotify, they'd say that t
by mullingitover 8y ago
It won't make Siri do much less, and Siri is already the bottom tier of voice assistants. If Apple was going to allow Siri to talk to Spotify, they'd say that they were going to do it. Users have been asking for it. People who switch from Android notice that they can't do a thing that they used to be able to do.
Aside from that omission, what other things does iOS 12 offer that I'd be missing out on?
- Analytics about notifications: I don't care
- Augmented reality: not compelling
- New proprietary animated emojis: not compelling
- Group Facetime: Facetime suffers from the Telephone Effect. I never use it because at least half of my friends are android people, and we all use Facebook because it's something everyone has. If you're talking about a group of people, it's extremely unlikely that everyone will use iOS, but it's extremely likely that everyone will be on Facebook.
- New features in Photos: I don't use any of the features that have been added to Photos since...iOS 7? New features are just going to continue to slow down my device.
- Various other features: nothing jumping out at me as something I'd risk an OS update over.
It's a nice effort and I'm sure Apple has made the OS update they want to make, but it's not offering anything I've heard anyone ask for.
- briandear 8y ago> Augmented reality: not compelling While certainly a matter of opinion, but I think it’s the most important tech innovation in a long time. Just the Measure app alone has incredible implications. We are just scratching the surface of what this tech can do.
- mullingitover 8y ago> We are just scratching the surface of what this tech can do. I agree, and I think that's a great way of putting it. I don't think that AR can't be compelling in the future, but right now it feels like we're between the Peak of Inflated Expectations and the Trough of Disillusionment in the Hype Cycle.
- saagarjha 8y ago> If Apple was going to allow Siri to talk to Spotify, they'd say that they were going to do it. The onus is on Spotify to adopt the new APIs that Apple has provided.
- skinnymuch 8y agoExtremely unlikely for a group of people to all have iOS isn’t necessarily correct for the US at least. I have two groups of friends who are effectively iOS only.