The sixth beta of iOS 14.5 that was released this morning introduces two new Siri voices that are available in English, plus it adds a new setup selection option that will let people choose their preferred Siri voice rather than defaulting to a female voice in the United States. The Siri changes were outlined by […]
Read MoreSiri is a very powerful personal assistant that can significantly boost your productivity. You can have Siri do a lot of things for you, so that you can take care of other tasks. But sometimes, Apple’s assistant can be a pain in the neck. You don’t want Siri to joyfully announce calls and read your […]
Read MoreSiri reminders may sometimes stop working on your Apple Watch. This issue can manifest itself in a variety of ways. For example, Siri may fail to create reminders on your smartwatch or sets up the reminder for a different day. Or you may get the following error message: “I don’t see an app for that. […]
Read MoreApple is researching how to improve Siri to better understand people who talk with a stutter, according to new details shared by The Wall Street Journal in a piece on how companies train voice assistants to handle atypical speech. Apple has built a bank of 28,000 audio clips from podcasts featuring people who stutter, which […]
Read MoreThere are moments when Siri can become really annoying. The virtual assistant may refuse to stay quiet and won’t stop talking on your Apple Watch. It doesn’t matter if the Voice Feedback setting is set to “Headphones only” or “Control with Silent Mode“. It’s not uncommon for Siri to behave in a strange manner shortly […]
Read MoreOne fo the biggest features to arrive alongside iOS 14 is the ability to change your default browser and email apps. This is something that Android users have had forever, and it only makes sense for Apple to open up the walled gardens just a bit. With so many great and fantastic apps available to […]
Read MoreThe HomePod and the HomePod mini are designed to automatically adjust the volume of the Siri assistant based on the level of noise in the room, but you can also verbally adjust Siri’s volume level separately from the volume level of the media that’s playing. This how to walks you through the commands that you […]
Read MoreA Northern California judge today dismissed a class action lawsuit that accused Apple of the “unlawful and intentional” recording of confidential Siri communications without user consent. The class action lawsuit was first filed in August 2019 after it became known that Apple had employed contractors to listen to and grade some anonymized Siri conversations for […]
Read MoreApple last week released beta versions of upcoming iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 updates to developers and public beta testers, and among a number of new features, Apple has added the ability to set a default music streaming service when using Siri to play songs. First spotted by Reddit users, the first time you ask […]
Read MoreApple in iOS 14.3 quietly added a new Siri feature that’s designed to allow the personal assistant to replicate all manner of sounds, from animals to alarms, musical instruments, and more. According to CNBC, you can ask Siri questions like “what does a humpback whale sound like?” or “what does a lion sound like?” to […]
Read MoreApple recently released the HomePod mini, a new $99 version of the original HomePod that’s smaller, cuter, and, most importantly, competitively priced. At $99, the HomePod mini can better compete with affordable smart speakers from companies like Google and Amazon. The HomePod mini has been praised for its high-quality sound at its price point, so […]
Read MoreApple is hiring Siri Annotation Analysts with fluency in a number of languages that are not currently supported by the voice assistant, suggesting that a major expansion of Siri‘s availability is in the works. Apple’s office in Cork, Ireland is hiring people fluent in Ukrainian, Hungarian, Slovak, Czech, Croatian, Greek, Flemish, Romanian, and as ThinkApple […]
Read MoreLes assistants vocaux s’installent dans les habitudes numériques des utilisateurs, et la CNIL garde un œil sur l’évolution de ces technologies. Si on associe fréquemment ces nouveaux outils aux enceintes connectées types Homepod ou Amazon Echo, le rapport de la CNIL rappelle que ceux-ci sont embarqués dans de nombreux produits, notamment les smartphones, et que […]
Read MoreMultiple developers have seen increased activity from Apple’s web crawler Applebot in their website logs recently, reigniting speculation that Apple could be planning to launch a full-fledged search engine eventually. However, it’s more likely that any possible uptick relates to Apple’s efforts to improve Siri and Spotlight search results. Jon Henshaw, founder of digital marketing […]
Read MoreApple has been hit with a $1.4 billion lawsuit by a Chinese artificial intelligence company that alleges Apple violated a patent it owns for a virtual assistant similar to Siri, according to a paywalled Wall Street Journal report. Shanghai Zhizhen Network Technology Co. said in a statement on Monday it was suing Apple for an […]
Read MoreL’Union européenne se penche à nouveau sur la question de savoir si les grandes technologies ne s’approprient pas une part trop importante du marché numérique, cette fois-ci dans le domaine des appareils connectés. La commissaire Margrethe Vestager a annoncé le lancement d’une enquête sectorielle pour s’assurer que les entreprises à l’origine des appareils intelligents et […]
Read MoreAlexa, Siri, Google Assistant, and other voice assistants and connected home products are the target of a new Internet of Things probe the European Commission launched today. The European Commission says that it’s aiming to prevent big companies from becoming “gatekeepers” of the Internet of Things through market domination and data collection. The potential is […]
Read MoreAlors que les manifestations contre la brutalité policière se poursuivent aux États-Unis après la mort de George Floyd, trouvant un écho dans divers pays du monde, dont la France, voici qu’un raccourci personnalisé de l’assistant vocal Siri, créé en 2018, rencontre une fulgurante popularité. Son but : enregistrer une interaction avec les forces de l’ordre. […]
Read MoreApple has bought Inductiv Inc., a Canada-based machine learning startup, to work on Siri, machine learning and data science, reports Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. The engineering team from Waterloo, Ontario-based Inductiv joined Apple in recent weeks to work on Siri, machine learning and data science. Apple confirmed the deal, saying it “buys smaller technology companies from […]
Read MoreApple recently purchased Ontario-based machine learning startup Inductiv for the purpose of improving Siri, reports Bloomberg. Apple confirmed the purchase with one of its typical acquisition statements: “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.” Inductiv’s engineering team joined Apple after the acquisition to […]
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