Siri Is Going To Get Future Improvements

When Apple presented its vocal assistant Siri to be integrated in the iPhone in 2011, it was a big event and the company was proud of it, even android users were jealous of this feature.

After that, Google has made its own vocal assistant "Google Now", and it was a real thing, and many said that it is more powerful than Siri, and until now, Android users are very happy with it. After that, the Cortana of Microsoft came into life, and since those events, Apple is no longer the leader with Siri, we even hardly hear of it.

Now, Apple wants Siri to be born again, the iGiant seems to have already hired a team of researchers and expert team to make the big improvement of Siri.

Siri is going to work with  neural network algorithms that will allow an easier voice recognition, also, the new team will work to make Siri decrypt children's language and to learn about different accents used worldwide...

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About company acquirements and alliances, Google and Microsoft have tested neural nets, Microsoft will also use it for their future interesting project, the real time Skype translator, Apple is maybe interested in acquiring Nuance, the same company that Samsung is interested in right now.

Nothing is yet communicated, but can we expect the new Siri lunched with iOS 8 ?!, we have to wait until the fall to find out.

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WWDC 2014, The iOS 8 Unveiled, New Features and Functionalities

In the occasion of the WWDC 2014; Apple has unveiled today their new projects and products for the future, and new features included in their products...

First lets talk about their new operating system, the iOS8.

The iOS 8 features

Interactive Notifications

The iOS 8 will be available for iPads and iPhones beginning from this fall, and it will include some new features compared to the previous iOS7.

The first feature in the interactive notification, from now on, when you'r receiving a notification, you don't have to open the App to respond to it, you can just tap on the alert and reply directly if it is a message, without interrupting your main application.

This feature in also applicable when you have a notification on the lock screen, you can choose the action to do directly from there, by swiping the notification.

Multi-Tasking

The multi-tasking screen is also enhanced, you can double tap the home button to see your recent apps, and recent contacts, then you can call or text them by tapping their picture, when a list of options appears to let you make your choice.

Emails

Like the notifications, you can swipe down an email to see options like "Delete"... or to perform other tasks and compose the email at the same time, you can also swipe other direction to mark it as unread.

Messages, Do Not Disturb, Tap to Talk...

The iOS 8 includes also some message enhancement, with the new location sharing and Do Not Disturb feature to mute notifications, you can also reply to the message by calling the sender, and that's by raising the phone to your ear, a functionality that already exist in Android. A new feature is also the Tap To Talk, you can record a voice message and send it so the recipient can play it back.

The keyboard

Nothing is new if you are an Android user, the new iOS8 keyboard brings some features that already exist in Android, beginning from the predictive typing, suggestions appears to you to help you complete your sentence, also, you can swipe between the letters to form your words.

Siri

Siri will include song identification with Shazam, that will allow you to purchases directly from iTunes.

Family Sharing

Now, your family members can share your content purchased on iTunes, also, the card holder will receive a notification if someone of the members wants to purchase something on iTune, then he can reply by accepting or rejecting the purchase. Up to six family members are supported.

These are the main features of the new iOS8, we will talk soon about the Apple smart home, The fitness tracking and the health App.

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