#Siri voice app update#
The iPhone's Google Search application recently got a big update that unlocks voice search. Things look even worse for Siri now that Google is trying to beat Apple at its own game. (Ask it to "tell me a joke" or "what's ' 2001: A Space Odyssey' about?") But when it comes to legitimate utility, Siri is often lacking.
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In specific cases, Apple's robot-voiced helper can be quite a crowd pleaser.
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Soloway echoes the complaints of many unhappy Siri users. But by the time Siri figured out what I was saying, I could have just done it myself." I got it to put something on my calendar. "I think there was one time that I got it to work. "It never understands my voice," says Amanda Soloway, an iPhone owner and student in the University of Washington's Master of Business Administration program in Seattle.
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Ask a question out loud, and Siri digs up an answer dictate an appointment, and Apple's software will jot down the date for you. The company advertises this "intelligent assistant" as a major selling point for new iPhones and iPads.