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Leaked Apple meeting shows how dire the Siri situation really is (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 days ago by Xatolos@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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  • Apple's progress with Siri and artificial intelligence has been slow, and features promised in June remain delayed.
  • At a Siri team meeting, senior director Robby Walker acknowledged the frustration within the team, describing the delays as "ugly."
  • Features like Siri understanding personal context and taking action based on a user’s screen are still not ready and may not make it into iOS 19.
  • Challenges include quality issues that caused these features to malfunction up to a third of the time and conflicts with Apple's marketing division over showcasing incomplete features.
  • Apple has withdrawn related advertisements and added disclaimers on its website, citing extended development times.
  • Senior executives, including Craig Federighi and John Giannandrea, are reportedly taking personal accountability for the delays.
  • Walker emphasized that the team’s work is impressive and that the delayed features will be released once they meet Apple’s standards.
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[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

If they know Siri’s shit then why can’t I have my power button back?

[–] brap@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Would be nice if any voice assistant actually did what I asked.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Could you explain? I have never turned Siri on, but my power button works as normal.

[–] JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If Siri is enabled, then the default behavior of long-pressing the power button brings up Siri instead of turning off the device. IIRC you can disable that behavior without having to disable Siri, but there's no way to set the "action button" to open Siri; if you want a Siri button, it needs to be the power button.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Thank you! I am not a fan of assistants, so I’ve always kept it off.