


And it involves the US Defence industry, a UCLA alumnus, and a beautiful Norwegian woman. The story of Siri starts way earlier than that – back in the very early 2000s. What is Siri? A Brief History of Apple’s Digital Voice AssistantĪpple did not invent Siri. I wanted to do this piece to highlight Siri, to get people interested in using Siri because Siri – like Alexa, Google Assistant, and Bixby – is here for the long run all the big tech companies are investing in artificial intelligence and the gains of those investments are now trickling down to the digital assistants we use on our phones – that’s why they keep getting smarter and more useful. In fact, as we progress through the 2020s, Siri will become more and more useful, adding new abilities and use-cases. And this is not going to change anytime soon.

Siri now spans the entirety of Apple’s product ecosystem. Siri is now available inside a range of Apple products – from iMacs and MacBooks to the company’s AirPods and Apple Watch. & lt span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block width: 0px overflow: hidden line-height: 0 ” class=”mce_SELRES_start”& gt & lt /span& gt īut things have changed A LOT since 2011.
