Since Siri is not bilingual, its application is limited in many European languages. Especially in the Scandinavian languages, where we constantly use english words and expressions mid-sentence.
Searching for content on the Apple TV is hideous, since "English Siri" is not an option. At the same time do all TV-shows, movies and music have English titles in Scandinavia
So much of Apple, now days, is LONG TERM. Which is great thing, in my mind (this is wave 2 of Apple to me, since iOS). Hopefully this summer we will have a Siri API for Mac in Xcode, then we will be able to program for iOS and macOS, in how many languages? Yeah exactly. Long Term... People are so "NOW Now now" mental... makes me sick! I would rather have a 10-15 year project that when DONE is Worldwide, in the end, versus some project that gets scrapped every 2-3 years, getting renamed to whatever...
Apple really needs to get better at dictation. Most of the time Siri doesn't understand what I say while Google assignment or Cortana is very accurate. That's why I stopped using the Quicktype keyboard because dictation is extremely bad compared to Gboard.
See, now that's the opposite of my experience. Dictation is far more accurate for me than whenever I try to use Siri.
Just like all Romance languages, Siri suffers a lot in Portuguese, due to, mainly, the verbs bending to personal pronouns. This is s huge fail in Portuguese, French, Italian, French. Given how much Apple-tech is behind the scenes, I can't accept how poorly Siri performs currently. Apple, you can do better than that.
AI, be a little serious. The foreign language support in Siri sucks. My native language is Dutch, one of the so-called "supported" languages. Siri understands roughly 1 out of 10 of my commands. If I want to have a evening of fun with my iPhone, I fire commands to Siri. If I switch Siri to UK English, Siri understands me quite well. The only disadvantage of the English Siri that it does not recognize any Dutch names of persons and towns (like "Veerle" the name of my wife). If staying ahead means that Siri sucks better then the competition then don't change the title, but I don't think that was the intention.
I never use Siri for a number of reasons:
1) I am faster doing things myself
2) you don't to something that seems intelligent, rather something that accepts a specific command set only
3) it is not multilingual - I speak and use regularly 3 languages (Italian, German, English). I have contacts from different nationalities. If I set Siri to english, and want the number of an italian contact being called, I need to pronounce that name in English (which i don't know what it will sound) otherwise she will not get it
4) same goes with dictation - if I set a language, it will only get that language and cannot understand if I insert words from other languages, or I am talking in something else rather than english
With keyboards I am faster, and now they finally managed to have language-aware keyboards that will accept input in more than one language, without having to change the keyboard to avoid wrong auto-corrections and suggestions. I need that with Siri too. She needs to know at the same time 3 languages, and switch between them, not just one. It is 2017, not 1975.
"[Siri] staying ahead of competition" sounds a little far fetched. I would rather have Siri be effective with fewer languages than suck at all of them. I cringe at how much worse Siri must be with some of the lesser used languages.
Apple is playing the long game
SIRI's progress makes Cricket look like Ice Hockey.
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I had this problem from time to time.
me: "Hey Siri, call Michelle",
siri: "Ok, from now on, I will call you Chelle".
If I switch Siri to UK English, Siri understands me quite well. The only disadvantage of the English Siri that it does not recognize any Dutch names of persons and towns (like "Veerle" the name of my wife).
If staying ahead means that Siri sucks better then the competition then don't change the title, but I don't think that was the intention.