Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
Right now, when iPhone users ask Siri to call or message a friend, the system defaults to Apple’s Phone or iMessage apps. If you want to use WhatsApp or Skype, you have to specifically say that.
When the software refresh kicks in, Siri will default to the apps that people use frequently to communicate with their contacts… It will decide which service to use based on interactions with specific contacts. Developers will need to enable the new Siri functionality in their apps. This will be expanded later to phone apps for calls as well…
Apple is facing more scrutiny over the power of its App Store and how the company both supports and competes against developers… Apple-made apps that are pre-installed on iPhones represent only 0.00002% of the roughly 2 million apps in the App Store, the company also noted.
MacDailyNews Take: Future regulatory inquiries covered and Siri gets that much more capable. A win-win!
It’s not a win it’s stupid if you want a trouble free life with your device, giving freebies to your competitors is never a win.
See what happens when you make a home button with your favorite YouTube site with a iPad, YouTube now takes over the home button and defaults to YouTube home site itself and not the creator’s third party site.
If this is supposed to be good news, I’m slow to understand. This means Siri’s has more to understand and respond to at “the drop of a hat?” She has trouble chewing gum and now, at the flip of a switch, she’s to walk at the same time. Because of the stress, she’ll be asking Phil Schiller for more time off.
Hey Siri, can I ask Alexa a question?
“Apple-made apps that are pre-installed on iPhones represent only 0.00002% of the roughly 2 million apps in the App Store, the company also noted.”
An odd added spin statement deflecting from the fact that Apple-made apps that are pre-installed make up 100% of pre-installed Apple apps. Are there any 3rd party apps pre-installed on Apple devices? I’m sure the person making the statement intended to portray the scrutiny as not so serious.
I too thought this was a strange thing to say. The 0.00002% number is an irrelevant statistic.
In other news, 0.00002% of Americans named are named Frank and living on Rhode Island. So, clearly we should ban carrot cake.