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The system which rumors were calling Assistant is able to parse “do I need an umbrella” “what is the weather” and “what is the hourly forecast” into their separate but still linked meanings.
As with all services of this sort, it’ll really boil down to real world use. These things can be tweaked for stage, but when I groggily ask it to set an alarm while I’m jetlagged and mumbling, will it be able to understand?
Siri also interfaces with Yelp for reviews of restaurants and other locations.
Siri can also read you the notifications from your notification feed — this thing will be a boon for accessibility users.
It interfaces with Bluetooth headsets, so you can have it read to you, ask it if you have an appointment opening, then tell it to schedule one and text back a confirmation.
Seriously, this stuff looks really cool.
It appears to interface with maps, so hopefully it’ll be able to give turn-by-turn directions, too.
It can even search Wikipedia and Wolfram Alpha.
There’s now a microphone next to the space bar, and you can dictate to Siri.
The one big downfall is that this is all done server side, so you need a data connection, and who knows how much of your monthly allowance this’ll devour.
Siri has to learn your voice, but it will work out of the box — it’ll just improve as time goes on. It’ll work for US, UK and AU English, German and French.
As far as we know, it’s iPhone 4S only, sorry iPhone 4 users!
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