Apple is quietly working on a real game changer: an upgraded version of App Intents that could finally make Siri the true hands-free voice controller of your iPhone.
Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
Here’s what the new App Intents will mean: With nothing but your voice, you’ll be able to tell Siri to find a specific photo, edit it, and send it off. Or comment on an Instagram post. Or scroll a shopping app and add something to your cart. Or log in to a service without touching the screen. Essentially, Siri could operate your apps like you would — with precision, inside their own interfaces.
If Apple nails this, it’s not just a nice ease-of-use upgrade — it’s the fulfillment of the vision Siri promised nearly 15 years ago. And it’s the key to Apple’s next hardware developments. The company’s upcoming home devices (a smart display set for next year and a tabletop robot after that) will rely on this tech to function naturally…
[T]he Siri delay has rippled through the company’s other product plans. It’s already led to the smart display being pushed back an entire year…
The plan now is to ship the feature alongside a broader Siri infrastructure overhaul in the spring and market it heavily…
This isn’t just about making Siri smarter. It’s about giving Apple’s ecosystem a new, voice-first interface. If the company is actually able to bring it to market (and that’s a gigantic if), it could potentially be a hit that many users didn’t see coming.
MacDailyNews Take: It’s not so much a game changer for the iPhone, iPad, or Mac, but for devices that have no other or limited means of input, like HomePod, Vision Pro, future smart glasses, even Apple Watch, it would be transformative.
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