Apples biggest Siri upgrades may not land on iPhones until early next year

Date:
Mon, 08 Jul 2024 11:23:08 +0000

Description:
A new report claims Apple won't roll out the headline features of its wide-ranging Siri overhaul until early 2025.

FULL STORY ======================================================================

Its no secret that Siri Apples virtual helper on iOS and macOS hasnt been able to keep up with its rivals , whether thats Google Assistant or ChatGPT , and while Apple provided a glimmer of hope at its WWDC event in June, revealing a wide-ranging overhaul of Siri , it remained pretty tight-lipped
on when exactly this upgrade would make an appearance.

Now, Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman has revealed when we should expect the new version of Siri to land on our devices and it doesnt sound like its
going to be any time soon. According to Gurmans latest Power On newsletter , we could be waiting until early next year for the new features.

Gurman has previously reported that several of Siris new abilities would not make it in time for the likely release of iOS 18 in September, and would instead launch at some point in 2025. But theres been no word on when exactly we might see the changes come into effect.

And he may now have spilled the beans on Apples schedule, writing: Siri features are likely to go into beta testing for developers in January and
then debut publicly around the springtime part of an iOS 18.4 upgrade thats already in the works. That means its possible we wont see anything until
March or April, and possibly as late as May. Better late than never? (Image credit: Future)

The schedule outlined in Gurmans report refers to some of Siris new
abilities, such as enabling you to control features within apps for the first time (so you can edit an image then email it to a friend, for example). Another feature is Siris contextual understanding, which will give it awareness of what you're doing or seeing on your screen and take actions
based on that content.

We won't have to wait until next year for every new feature, though, as Siris redesign and Apples integration of ChatGPT into iOS, among other things, will be coming later this year, Gurman says. The journalist has previously claimed that the redesign will launch alongside iOS 18, while the ChatGPT integration might have to wait until later in 2024.

However, it seems that the headline features relating to Siris core abilities
rather than its visual look or tools provided by a different chatbot wont
be with us for at least another six months, if not more. Thats a
frustratingly long delay, but it shouldnt be too surprising. After all, Apple prefers to wait until it feels that it's nailed a new feature, rather than hurry it out of the door before its ready.

Given how desperately Siri needs a major overhaul, this approach is probably the right one after all, we wouldn't want to wait years for Siri to catch
up, only to find its rushed and unfinished after all of Apples WWDC hype. Heres hoping the wait is worth it. You might also like Apple's Siri assistant just got a massive AI upgrade with free ChatGPT here's what's new These key Apple Intelligence features might not arrive until 2025 Apple finally threw out the Siri script and I couldn't be happier



======================================================================
Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/phones/apples-biggest-siri-upgrades-tipped-to-land-o n-iphones-early-next-year


--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64)
* Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100)