How will "Apple Intelligence" transform Siri?

Over the years, people have been criticizing Apple's Siri for lacking innovation. Now, the emergence of Apple Intelligence is likely to change your perspective.

According to the tech media outlet Techcrunch's report on Thursday, Apple plans to launch a more intelligent Siri this fall. This new Siri will be very impressive, integrating with the generative AI product "Apple Intelligence" and leveraging OpenAI's ChatGPT. Let's take a look at the new features and updates.

Integration of ChatGPT on Siri

Siri will soon be able to answer a variety of questions using OpenAI's ChatGPT. For example, if you need to make a recipe using ingredients from your garden, you can ask Siri, and Siri will provide options by feeding the information to ChatGPT.

Moreover, you can attach photos when asking ChatGPT through Siri, and inquire about documents or PDF-related questions. For instance, if you come across a flower you like during a walk but don't know its name, you can take a photo and ask Siri what the flower is called and where to find it.

These operations do not even require a ChatGPT account, just granting Siri permission to access the service.

Ability to perceive the context of user inquiries

With Apple Intelligence, Siri will be able to perceive the unique context of your inquiries, meaning it can take more personalized actions and utilize the available information on your device to find what you are looking for.

For example, if you can't remember whether your friend Alice shared a recipe with you through a text message or email, you can ask Siri to "retrieve the recipe Alice sent a few days ago." Or, if you need to quickly find your passport number when booking a flight, you can ask Siri to retrieve your passport number from your email or photos and automatically input it into the required field.

Enhanced language understanding capabilities

Communication with Siri will become easier: Siri will better understand the true meaning of people's conversations. Even if you stumble while talking to Siri, it will understand your words. For example, you might say, "Siri, set an alarm, oh, wait, no, set a 10-minute timer. Actually, make it five minutes." Siri will understand your instructions

In addition, you can ask Siri follow-up questions without repeating the context. For example, if you ask Siri where the next family gathering will be held, it will provide a location. Then, you can ask "What will the weather be like there?" without having to mention the location again.

You can now type with Siri

Before the upgrade, you could only communicate with Siri through voice. With Apple's intelligence, you can now type to Siri when you don't want to speak out loud. Just double-tap the button on your iPhone or iPad screen to ask Siri any question.

Typing to Siri is very convenient when you can't speak loudly in a quiet environment. Or, when you are in a noisy environment, typing to Siri ensures that your inquiries are clearly understood.

Siri now has product knowledge

Siri now has more information about Apple products and services, so if you have questions about Apple devices, you can ask Siri for help. This includes how to use a certain feature for the first time on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

For example, you can ask Siri how to schedule a text message to be sent later. Siri will guide you step by step on how to do it. Previously, if you needed more information about a device, you had to go to "Settings" and then browse the "Help" page.

Siri will have screen awareness

Siri will be able to understand the content on the screen and take action based on what you are currently viewing on the device. For instance, if your friend sends you a text message with a new address, you can tell Siri to add that address to their contact information.

Or, if your friend recommends a TV show on Apple TV+, you can ask Siri to open it.

Taking action across apps

With Apple's intelligence, Siri can take action within an app or across apps. You can ask Siri in the "Photos" app to enhance the photo effects for you, and then in the "Messages" app, ask Siri to send the photo to a specific person You don't need to separately open different apps or complete tasks, as Siri can take action in both apps on its own.