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by mikeash 4269 days ago
Siri is entirely in The Cloud™ so your phone doesn't matter much, aside from the speed of its internet connection.

Have you tried it on iOS 8 since it came out? They finally added streaming voice recognition, which speeds it up a lot in my experience. Previously, it waited until you were done speaking to initiate the upload, which added a pretty big delay to any response.
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wutbrodo 4269 days ago
Holy cow, they JUST added streaming voice recognition? I haven't really followed Siri's progress since the early days but I thought that was table stakes, sheesh. I can't even imagine a voice service being usable in 2014 without it. Am I might just be completely out-of-touch with the current landscape for voice services, but Cortana isn't similarly hobbled, right?
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mikeash 4268 days ago
Yeah, it was a pretty glaring omission. You'd think it would be there from the start. I don't know about the others but I can't imagine they're not streaming as well.
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