Maybe Apple was right about Siri all along
According to the latest Apple tea, Siri is a four-letter word that shan’t pass Apple’s lips. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Siri will not be discussed much at next month’s WWDC. That makes sense. The…
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Apple plans to offer AI alternatives as it works to overhaul Siri
Mark Gurman and Dave Bennett have an interesting feature at Bloomberg about Apple’s AI struggles. It is primarily a summary of the last several months’ reporting on how Apple fell behind in AI, why it…
The delayed Siri Apple Intelligence features are now coming ‘in the fall’
The Apple news has been gloomy lately, mostly because of all the tariff turmoil, but before that, there was all the drama about Siri and the company’s inability to deliver on promised Apple Intelligence features.…
Next-gen CarPlay is the broken Apple promise that foreshadowed the Siri fiasco
By now, we’re all familiar with an embarrassing slip-up from the leadership in Cupertino. At WWDC in 2024, the company promised advanced new Siri features that would come in an update to iOS 18. Then,…
Siri woes reportedly push Apple’s smart home hub into 2026
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple’s planned push into the smart home market will be delayed until 2026, a direct effect of the decision to delay the major update to Siri. Apple had originally planned…
Macworld Podcast: The seriousness of Apple’s Siri situation
Apple Intelligence and Siri have been making a lot of noise lately, and all for the wrong reasons. In this episode of the Macworld Podcast, we talk about how Apple has made a mess of…
Is Siri really that bad? Yes, yes it is
I’d like it to be known that I hated Siri before it was cool. I’ve written numerous articles on the subject. I’m an anti-Siri hipster. But when a bandwagon comes along, you better believe I’ll…
Apple ‘ousts Siri boss,’ finally taking failures seriously
The accumulated failures and humiliations that have dogged Siri in recent years have finally proved too much for Apple’s senior management, who have decided to oust John Giannandrea from his role as Siri boss. The…
Report: Apple internally acknowledges ‘ugly and embarrassing’ Siri delays
According to a report from Bloomberg, Senior Director of Siri and Information Intelligence Robby Walker held an all-hands meeting to discuss the recent delay of new Siri features. He called the delay of these key…
Siri isn’t an assistant, it’s an embarrassment
It’s time to call it: Siri sucks. And if we’re being honest, it’s been terrible for years. Apple’s voice assistant was so far ahead of the competition that it had every opportunity to basically become…