Subj : iOS 17 could bring big changes to Siri  but only for the best iPh
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Apr 14 2023 12:00:04

iOS 17 could bring big changes to Siri  but only for the best iPhones

Date:
Fri, 14 Apr 2023 10:46:14 +0000

Description:
iOS 17 looks set to introduce some big changes to Apple's Siri voice 
assistant.

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When it launches later this year, iOS 17 is expected to bring significant 
improvements to built-in iPhone apps, like CarPlay, Messages and Siri  and 
now weve got a better idea of what those improvements might be for the 
latter. 

According to Twitter leaker @analyst941 , iOS 17 could shift Siri's on-screen 
interface away from the bottom of the iPhone screen and up into the Dynamic 
Island on compatible devices. 

In its current form, Siri appears as an animated sphere when invoked, with a 
button press or the "Hey Siri" command, while answers to user queries are 
displayed at the top of the iPhone screen with background content dimmed. 
Presumably, moving Siris interface up into the Dynamic Island would make the 
voice assistant appear less intrusive. 

For obvious reasons, this change will only apply to iPhones that feature the 
Dynamic Island  which, at present, is the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max 
(aka the best iPhones money can buy). However, were almost certain that 
Apples quirky digital notch will be finding its way onto every device in this 
years iPhone 15 lineup, so we could see Siri moving home on the iPhone 15, 
iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro and much-rumored iPhone 15 Ultra , too. iOS 17 
could move Siri into the Dynamic Island (Image credit: Future) 

As for the other changes iOS 17 is expected to bring to Siri, Bloombergs Mark 
Gurman reports  in his latest Power On newsletter  that users may soon only 
need to say Siri instead of Hey Siri when activating the personal assistant. 

This would bring Apples assistant in line with Amazons Alexa, which has only 
required users to say Alexa since its launch in 2014. Gurman suggests that 
the change could be implemented with iOS 17 either this year or next. 

Despite only being a small change, though, getting Siri to function correctly 
without the Hey has been a technical challenge requiring a significant amount 
of AI training and underlying engineering work. 

The complexity involves Siri being able to understand the singular phrase 
Siri in multiple different accents and dialects, Gurman notes. Having two 
words  Hey Siri  increases the likelihood of the system properly picking up 
the signal. (Image credit: Unsplash [Omid Armin]) 

In terms of which iPhones will support this change, weve heard conflicting 
reports surrounding the availability of iOS 17 . According to a one source 
with a proven track record, iOS 17 will drop support for the iPhone 8 , 
iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X  but a second reputable leaker has since 
counterclaimed that iOS 17 will be compatible with all iPhones capable of 
running iOS 16. 

In any case, Apple will almost certainly debut iOS 17 at its annual WWDC 
developer conference in June, with the update expected to begin rolling out 
to users sometime in September, so well have confirmation on the matter soon.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/ios-17-could-bring-big-changes-to-siri-but-only
-for-the-best-iphones


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