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The much-needed reinvention of the voice assistant is almost here
The much-needed reinvention of Siri and Alexa is almost here
This week at its Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple announced plans to infuse its long-neglected assistant with the emerging tech, providing Siri with two crucial skills: context and conversation. These seemingly minor improvements address some of the fundamental issues of voice assistants — not understanding enough about you and requiring you to speak in unnaturally precise ways to get them to do anything — that turned these promising pieces of technology into barely more than glorified alarm clocks. Imagine if your HomePod could welcome you home with personalized updates, tell you that you need to leave for your daughter’s school play 15 minutes early because of traffic, and have your EV charged with enough range to get you there by the time you walk out the door.
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