Barclays iPhone app update allows for payments to be sent to contacts with Siri

Barclays has taken advantage of Siri integration to add the ability to pay people and business that have already paid in the past just using Siri.

Mike Wuerthele 8 years ago 1

Apple's Siri latest target in string of natural language patent lawsuits

One-man company Word to Info on Friday expanded a string of patent lawsuits over natural language processing technology — active cases involve Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Nuance — to include Apple, taking specific aim at the tech titan's Siri virtual assistant.

Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 20

Apple airs two new 'Rock X Siri' ads based on 'Dominate the Day' short

Apple on Friday released two new iPhone 7 ads, once again tied into its "Rock X Siri: Dominate the Day" short.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 1

Apple sued over Apple TV's 'What did he say,' other Siri voice control features

Florida-based software company CustomPlay on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Apple claiming a fourth-generation Apple TV feature that allows users to control and interact with video content using Siri voice commands infringes on patented software technology.

Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 23

Unlike Roomba, Apple confirms it won't upload, share or sell your home data from HomePod

With vacuum maker iRobot looking to sell user's house maps to smart home vendors, an AppleInsider reader asked Apple what it planned to do with data collected by the HomePod's room mapping technology. Unsurprisingly, Apple confirmed it has no intention of saving or sharing information about a user's home layout.

Mike Wuerthele 8 years ago 21

Samsung brings Siri-competing Bixby assistant to US three months after Galaxy S8 launch

Samsung on Wednesday announced that Bixby, its equivalent of Apple's Siri, is now available on U.S. versions of the Galaxy S8 and S8+ — roughly three months after the phones first launched.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 29

Siri has commanding lead in users over Google Assistant, Samsung S Voice in the US

A new study of voice recognition assistants on smartphones shows Apple's Siri to be in the lead of all other comers — but usage industry-wide appears to be dropping.

Mike Wuerthele 8 years ago 45

New Siri icon location could hint at touchscreen home button in Apple's 'iPhone 8'

In the course of testing iOS 11, a new graphic for Siri has been spotted — and it renders in exactly the same spot where a home button would be on an edge-to-edge iPhone without a customary home button in the bezel.

Mike Wuerthele 8 years ago 6

Watch: Siri will translate for you in Apple's iOS 11

Beginning this fall with iOS 11, Apple's voice-driven personal assistant, Siri, will gain the ability to translate to multiple foreign languages. Here's a peek at how it will work.

AppleInsider Staff 8 years ago 21

Survey finds 1/3 of people interested in Apple's HomePod, still more likely to buy Amazon Echo

Roughly a third of people in the U.S. are interested in Apple's Siri-based HomePod, though they're more likely to buy an Amazon Echo in practice, survey results suggested on Wednesday.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 81

Growth of Apple's Siri hampered by privacy & departure of key staff - report

Apple's Siri is failing to keep up with rival assistants from Amazon and Google not just because of fences created by privacy, but because of related staff departures, according to several former members of the Siri team.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 71

Amazon willing to allow Apple's Siri on Echo speakers, executive says

Amazon is open to supporting third-party voice assistants like Apple's Siri or Google Assistant on its Echo speakers, the company's senior VP of devices said on Wednesday.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 37

First Listen: HomePod is Apple's AirPods, enhanced for your house

Apple's HomePod aims to further expand Siri assistance outside of iOS devices, Apple Watch, Macs, the Apple TV Remote and AirPods into the same sort of "always ready" home experience delivered by Amazon's Echo, even as it upgrades audio reproduction quality in the emerging "smart speaker" segment into the realm of affordable luxury.

Daniel Eran Dilger 9 years ago 67

Apple looks to reinvent home music with $349 HomePod, an Amazon Echo and Sonos competitor

Calling it a "breakthrough home speaker," Apple on Monday revealed the new Siri home speaker dubbed HomePod, a device the company hopes will reinvent music at home just like the iPod reinvented music in your pocket. It will cost $349 and ship this December.

Neil Hughes 9 years ago 43

Apple unveils iOS 11 with P2P Apple Pay transfers, a new sound for Siri, AirPlay 2, more

The next major update for iOS is turned up to 11, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook joked on Monday in unveiling the software update. It includes a revamped Control Center with deep 3D Touch support, the ability to directly transfer money to friends with Apple Pay, a new voice for Siri, and multi-speaker support with AirPlay 2.

AppleInsider Staff 9 years ago 15

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