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Siri now answers your 2020 election questions

Apple News is now handling readers' 2020 election questions in a new way — with Siri.

Amber Neely | 4 years ago

August 2019 in review: Apple Card arrives, Siri listeners, trade wars escalate

In August, 2019, the Apple Card was officially launched. At the same time, the company had to re-evaluate having people listen to Siri recordings, and the US/China trade tensions got complicated.

William Gallagher | 4 years ago

Apple and Salesforce release Trailhead Go education app for iOS, iPadOS

Tim Cook to talk at event launching a free education app that's solely for iOS and iPadOS, plus how Apple and Salesforce have together updated the mobile version of the Salesforce app and its developer SDK.

William Gallagher | 5 years ago

Future versions of Apple's Siri may interpret your emotions

Future versions of Apple's Siri may go beyond voice recognition to enhance accuracy, taping into FaceTime cameras in the company's devices to simultaneously analyze facial reactions and emotions as users engages in dialog with the voice assistant.

William Gallagher | 5 years ago

Walmart Grocery customers can use Siri to place online orders with their voice

Walmart this week announced a new partnership with Apple that integrates the retailer's Voice Order technology with Apple's Siri virtual assistant, granting customers the option of shopping via voice command.

AppleInsider Staff | 5 years ago

Review: Apple's Beats Solo Pro are the best Beats yet

Apple has continued to refine the Beats by Dre brand with new designs and features. Beats Solo Pro is the latest incarnation of that effort, and does a great job pushing the popular brand forward.

Andrew O'Hara | 5 years ago

How to set up multiple users on a HomePod

At long last, up to six people can talk to your HomePod and get recognized. Their choice of music will play, and their HomeKit scenes will start. It just takes more setting up than you'd imagine.

William Gallagher | 5 years ago

Apple rolls out tvOS 13.2 for Apple TV with Siri recording opt-in

After a weeks-long beta process, Apple has released its tvOS 13.2 update for Apple TV with support for Siri recording opt-in and the AirPods Pro, ahead of the Apple TV+ debut.

Andrew O'Hara | 5 years ago

Siri quality assurance opt-in option & record deletion in the iOS 13.2 beta

Apple has started to ask users if they wish to take part in the Siri quality assurance program in the latest beta for iOS 13.2, a change in policy following criticism about the iPhone maker using contractors to listen to a selection of Siri audio recordings.

Malcolm Owen | 5 years ago

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After Apple's iOS 13 update, Spotify adds support for Siri

It's now possible to ask Siri to play music on Spotify as easily as on Apple Music — though only on iPhones and iPads, and not HomePod or Mac.

William Gallagher | 5 years ago

Apple to lift restrictions on third-party apps using Siri

A future iOS update will have Siri use whatever app a user prefers, meaning apps such as WhatsApp could effectively replace the default Apple apps.

William Gallagher | 5 years ago

Spotify iOS beta gains ability to make Siri music requests

Subscribers of Spotify will soon be able to ask Siri to play music using the iOS app, with the music streaming service testing out the function in the beta version of its app ahead of a release to the public.

Malcolm Owen | 5 years ago

Ex-Workflow employee publishes library of 150 Siri Shortcuts

An employee of Siri Shortcuts progenitor Workflow has shared a collection of over 150 Siri Shortcuts for people to use, providing a way for iOS users to get more out of the virtual assistant's automation toolkit.

Malcolm Owen | 5 years ago

Apple's internal 'Overton' AI tool helps with Siri's development

Apple has offered details of an internal development tool titled "Overton," a system for monitoring and improving machine learning applications such as how Siri determines results for queries, by handling the lower-level tasks and allowing engineers to focus more on higher-level concepts.

Malcolm Owen | 5 years ago

HomePod gains multi-user support, ambient noise generator, live radio this fall

The HomePod is gaining a number of new features later this year via software updates, including support for recognizing up to six different voices and personalizing the experience, radio stations, and a collection of ambient sounds.

Malcolm Owen | 5 years ago

Leaked Apple document says new Siri device is coming by fall 2021

Leaked documents relating to Siri reveal upgrades to the digital assistant are coming in late 2021, aimed at supporting a new piece of hardware.

Malcolm Owen | 5 years ago

Apple announces plans to improve Siri's privacy protections for users

Apple's review of Siri privacy guarantees has completed, and the company is making a few changes going forward to further ensure users' privacy and data safety.

Mike Wuerthele | 5 years ago

Brief Thoughts: Questionable RF lawsuit, Apple TV+ vs. Disney+, Siri listening & more

Every week has dozens of things going on at any given time, too many to talk about in real-time. Here's what we think about this week's radio frequency revelations and lawsuits, Disney rolling heavy at the D23 expo in regards to Disney+, the workers responsible for listening to Siri recordings, an inadvertent iOS 12 jailbreak restoration, and Google's Android rebranding.