Siri says Apple’s next event will be on April 20th, 2021

Some users are reporting when they ask Siri when the next Apple Event will be, that Siri responds with “The next Apple Event will be April 20th.”  Of course Apple has not officially announced the date as of this writing. However, only some users are getting that, while others get the standard “you can get all […]

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Study suggests that Apple’s Siri and Google’s Assistant is most used voice assistants

A Microsoft study suggests that Apple’s Siri is on par with Google Assistant for worldwide usage, despite the latter being available on a wider range of devices. Both voice assistants ranked at 36 percent in a whitepaper based on two online surveys. The first ran from March to June 2018, considering over 2,000 responses in […]

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Apple uses Siri Shortcuts to catch up with Alexa and Google Assistant

Ben Fox Rubin writes for CNET, “While Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant got busy over the past few years creating oodles of new skills and capabilities, Apple’s Siri seemed to be asleep.” “Alexa came out with food delivery via voice commands back in early 2016. Siri, meanwhile, didn’t offer the same feature until last year,” […]

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