Sorry (State of) Siri
During today’s iPhone 12 launch event, Apple proudly noted that its voice command service, Siri, was now running on a billion devices and had 25 billion interactions. “That’s less than one request a day. Does that mean most people don’t use Siri often, or at all?” noted Scott Austin of Dow Jones. I am not sure if these 25 billion interactions include accidental triggers, but if they are, then Siri is in even more sorry state than I had thought.
I have done my best to use Siri for simple tasks such as adding appointments, to-dos, playing music, and increasing and decreasing volume. And whenever I do, my experience has been very hit or miss. It often involves repeating myself. And I am a longtime denizen of the Apple ecosystem.
Whenever I use Google Assistant, it is accurate with its answers, and more importantly, it understands my accent. Many friends