In a new report over the weekend, Bloomberg News‘ Mark Gurman says Apple sees iOS 18 as “one of the biggest iOS updates — if not the biggest — in the company’s history.”
In addition to the major new AI features, Gurman says “there’s a lot more” coming to the iPhone with iOS 18. “Apple’s head of software engineering, Craig Federighi, told employees last year that the OS — codenamed Crystal — will have ambitious changes all around,” Gurman reports.
“I’m told that the new operating system is seen within the company as one of the biggest iOS updates — if not the biggest — in the company’s history. With that knowledge, Apple’s developers conference in June should be pretty exciting.”
Gurman has previously reported that Apple is planning a number of new AI integrations throughout iOS 18… Still, it seems clear that Apple has a lot planned beyond its array of new AI features.
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I hope that at some point when I ask Siri something like, “Siri, when does Dyno Automotive close tonight,” and I’m a mere 300 feet from that business, and the next nearest one is 10 miles away, that Siri will skip the rigamarole of telling me, “The nearest one I found is on 123 Rollings; will that be acceptable?”
What I prefer would be, “The nearest Dyno Automotive closes at 7 o’clock PM, in 37 minutes.”
Siri does not understand anything about the totality of context.
You’re lucky to get a response that even relates to the question you asked. Rephrasing a question three times, slowing down my cadence and speaking like a robot to get the sought-after answer is a success for me, outside of the standard “Siri, what’s the weather”.
Even more maddening is asking Siri a question while wearing my AirPods and driving but getting no answer. After the nth attempt I realize that the answers are appearing in text form, silently on my iPhone screen.
Same situation when I’m at home, I’ve turned off Siri on iPads and make sure my iPhone screen is off and facing down to have some certainty that I’ll get an answer from my Homepod where I want it.
It’s pretty extraordinary how badly Apple fumbled the acquisition and integration of Siri. I recall when it was a standalone app and it was so much better than any of the variants they’ve integrated into iOS in the 14 years since its acquisition. I was definitely a step backwards in functionality and improvements have been slow and iterative, at best. If AI can finally help it reach its potential, huzzah!
Siri is what happens when the CEO cares more about DEI than the company’s customers.
Thanks Timmy
The “I” in Democrat is for “intelligence.”
The “S” in Sam stands for “stupid.”
And this is why I own exactly one Apple Home Pod and a half dozen Amazon Echos. The Echos work as expected, and are just getting better and better over time.