This is a terrific report by @markgurman.bsky.social, and these three paragraphs in particular are devastating.
Ooof.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-02/apple-siri-compared-with-alexa-m4-macbook-air-and-ipad-air-2025-coming-soon-m7rn2k2y
(Leadership change, as he suggests?)
Ooof.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-02/apple-siri-compared-with-alexa-m4-macbook-air-and-ipad-air-2025-coming-soon-m7rn2k2y
(Leadership change, as he suggests?)
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There are simple commands that could be hard-coded that they still don’t support.
Ex: “Play the album this song is from.”
Siri’s response: “Here’s some songs from your library” (Proceeds to play random songs)
Siri: Ok, here’s “On the road again LIVE by Willie Nelson featuring Jonny Cash)”
Me: No. Play “On the road again”.
Siri: Ok. Here’s “On the road again” by Willie Nelson.
Me: Looks to see it’s playing the version from the Forrest Gump soundtrack… Why?
“Turn off the lights” 3x to it.
Each time, it said “sorry can you repeat that” despite the text it heard being on my screen.
I then said “turn off all of the lights” and it did it first time.
OK, "All of the Lights" by Kanye West is now playing.
for me, critics, naysayers, & project managers are in the same bucket: either put some skin in the game, or get out of the way so makers can CREATE COOL STUFF! 🚀
facilitating 1.38 BILLION iphones across 195 countries on 7 continents is no small feat!
what did you MAKE today?
Bad vision about the future.
Bad targeting with the Vision Pro, Meta”s are better and too late to IA. Siri is really bad.
significant consumer-facing changes to Apple Intelligence."
Great news!