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by browningstreet 188 days ago
You're arguing about product quality by using product availability examples.

Siri isn't competing with Gemini, yet.. Siri is old tech, Gemini is the new tech.

Same with dictation.

Siri hasn't been updated generationally with SOTA to compete with Gemini yet.. it simply hasn't been updated. This is part of the "slow pace" that the post is talking about (part of, not entirely the slowness though).

For example, Amazon updated my old Echo dots with Alexa+ beta, and it's pretty good. I have Grok in my Tesla, and though I don't like Grok or xAI, it's there and I use it occasionally.

Apple hasn't done their release of these things yet.
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vadepaysa 188 days ago
How so? Their brand new Siri _is_ available. I am using their Apple intelligence on my new iPhone. They even have half baked ChatGPT integrations everywhere. They got into lot of trouble last year for running ads for overselling what their new siri can do.

Overselling abilities is for sure a lack of quality.

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browningstreet 188 days ago
The new Apple Intelligence version of Siri isn't out yet. It's scheduled to arrive with iOS 26.4 in early/mid 2026.

My assertion is that Apple hasn't yet released a generational complement to Gemini or ChatGPT voice modes. That's a problem, but one specifically of availability and release, which.. again (and despite the downvoters).. matches the assertion of the post ("slow AI pace").

If/when new Siri in 26.4 comes out and it sucks, then that'd be an issue of quality.

Reference: https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/10/30/apple-intelligenc...

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eastbound 188 days ago
No, when I bought my first iphone, Siri could start a chronometer. Then it couldn’t for 5 years, and today it can again. It’s a big flaw for a product which can barely do anything else.

I only have Apple product because it’s good build quality. But it’s quite bad products.

I think Apple secretly doesn’t want more market share, to avoid anticompetitive accusations.

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