Apple reveals Siri AI and next-gen Apple Intelligence
▼ Summary
– At WWDC, Apple announced Siri AI, a new, more conversational and capable version of Siri, two years after its initial Apple Intelligence plans.
– Siri AI features a more expressive voice that can be customized by pace, expressivity, and accent.
– The new Siri will be accessible systemwide, capable of reading onscreen content and interacting with apps.
Two years after unveiling its ambitious plans for Apple Intelligence and an upgraded Siri that never quite arrived as promised, Apple took the stage at WWDC to finally deliver. The company announced a comprehensive new suite of AI features alongside a dramatically revamped, more personalized Siri that aims to redefine user interaction.
Described as an “entirely new version of Siri,” this iteration is being called Siri AI. It promises to be significantly more conversational and capable than its predecessor. The digital assistant now features a more expressive voice, with users able to customize its pace, expressivity, and even accent to better suit their preferences.
Siri AI will operate systemwide, allowing it to read onscreen content and interact seamlessly with your apps. Apple’s SVP of software engineering, Craig Federighi, emphasized that the assistant can now understand context more deeply, making it a proactive tool rather than a simple command responder. This next generation of Apple Intelligence marks a major pivot for the company, finally delivering on the smarter, context-aware assistant it originally teased.
(Source: The Verge)
