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What puzzles me is that there has been extremely little improvement to Siri since the first introduction 2.5 (!) years ago - at least, none that I have noticed.

by epaga 13y ago

What puzzles me is that there has been extremely little improvement to Siri since the first introduction 2.5 (!) years ago - at least, none that I have noticed. That is a long time for there to not be major updates or to release her from beta. I would have expected/hoped that it would be possible to simply silently improve the server-side algorithms because of all the data being sent in and analysed. But so far it's been a big disappointment. Google Now is far better and more useful.

theswan 13y ago
Do you mind providing examples of use cases re Google Now vs Siri? Not disagreeing with you - just haven't owned an Android device in the last year to know.
- sfall 13y ago
  this talks about some of the added features in the app over time http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1961636 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1961636
- greggman 13y ago
  You can use Google Now on your iOS device (I guess I'm assuming you have an iOS device). Just download the Google App for iOS. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id284815942?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id284815942?mt=8 At least I think that's Google Now. It looks similar though maybe it's missing some features? Of course with it not being integrated into the experience it's not quite the same. (can't appear on your home screen etc...)
- enscr 13y ago
  9 Months ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4LvJOFTlGo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4LvJOFTlGo 3 Months ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bohfoK-edfU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bohfoK-edfU
k-mcgrady 13y ago
>> "What puzzles me is that there has been extremely little improvement to Siri since the first introduction 2.5 (!) years ago - at least, none that I have noticed. That is a long time for there to not be major updates or to release her from beta." Siri exited beta with iOS 7. As for updates there have been quite a lot but nothing major. They added new more human sounding voices. They added new sources (Wikipedia, Twitter). They added other functions like returning calls, playing voicemail, adjusting brightness. That was just iOS 7. iOS 6 added more I believe.

by epaga 13y ago

theswan 13y ago

Do you mind providing examples of use cases re Google Now vs Siri? Not disagreeing with you - just haven't owned an Android device in the last year to know.

sfall 13y ago
this talks about some of the added features in the app over time http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1961636 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1961636
greggman 13y ago
You can use Google Now on your iOS device (I guess I'm assuming you have an iOS device). Just download the Google App for iOS. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id284815942?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id284815942?mt=8 At least I think that's Google Now. It looks similar though maybe it's missing some features? Of course with it not being integrated into the experience it's not quite the same. (can't appear on your home screen etc...)
enscr 13y ago
9 Months ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4LvJOFTlGo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4LvJOFTlGo 3 Months ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bohfoK-edfU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bohfoK-edfU

k-mcgrady 13y ago

>> "What puzzles me is that there has been extremely little improvement to Siri since the first introduction 2.5 (!) years ago - at least, none that I have noticed. That is a long time for there to not be major updates or to release her from beta." Siri exited beta with iOS 7. As for updates there have been quite a lot but nothing major. They added new more human sounding voices. They added new sources (Wikipedia, Twitter). They added other functions like returning calls, playing voicemail, adjusting brightness. That was just iOS 7. iOS 6 added more I believe.