"The lack of contextual awareness has been one of the chief criticisms of Siri, especially in comparison with Google Assistant and Samsung's Bixby."
Siri has been context-aware since iOS 9. Why do so many people and publications keep forgetting this?
Maybe because it is, but it simply doesn't work. Siri has trouble using context to do anything meaningful (e.g. "find a thai restaurant near me" - Siri replies with one - "call them" - Siri - "who's them?" - me: grrr). Also it's gotten worse in some aspects since say, 2012.
Just tried it on my phone with all variants, and I talk FAST
Speaking at 100 miles per hour and with english with a french accent I say one of the variants here:
give me an italian restaurant near her give me a thai restaurant near here give me a greek restaurant near here give me a french restaurant near here
Found in less than one second the nearest ones from each case, tells me the name and location on the map, rating and how much it cost (moderate, expensive, etc.) asks me if I want directions or to call them I say: give me the directions and starts doing it.
Tried same thing with give me nearest X restaurant, same results.
Not sure what your doing but it is literally impossible for me for this request to fail (and I've tried all variants).
From my own perspective, voice recognition is much better now than 4 years ago, much much better.
This was done with no noise around and raising phone at 6 inch from my mouth.
Will try it in a noisy place to see if it decreases efficiency (it probably should).
I think you missed what the OP is saying. If you ask Siri to find a thai restaurant near here. It will probably do it ok, if you ask immediately afterwards, "Call them", Siri will likely respond with something showing that it hasn't kept the chain going as it was ORIGINALLY designed to do.
"The lack of contextual awareness has been one of the chief criticisms of Siri, especially in comparison with Google Assistant and Samsung's Bixby."
Siri has been context-aware since iOS 9. Why do so many people and publications keep forgetting this?
Maybe because it is, but it simply doesn't work. Siri has trouble using context to do anything meaningful (e.g. "find a thai restaurant near me" - Siri replies with one - "call them" - Siri - "who's them?" - me: grrr). Also it's gotten worse in some aspects since say, 2012.
Just tried it on my phone with all variants, and I talk FAST
Speaking at 100 miles per hour and with english with a french accent I say one of the variants here:
give me an italian restaurant near her give me a thai restaurant near here give me a greek restaurant near here give me a french restaurant near here
Found in less than one second the nearest ones from each case, tells me the name and location on the map, rating and how much it cost (moderate, expensive, etc.) asks me if I want directions or to call them I say: give me the directions and starts doing it.
Tried same thing with give me nearest X restaurant, same results.
Not sure what your doing but it is literally impossible for me for this request to fail (and I've tried all variants).
From my own perspective, voice recognition is much better now than 4 years ago, much much better.
This was done with no noise around and raising phone at 6 inch from my mouth.
Will try it in a noisy place to see if it decreases efficiency (it probably should).
I think you missed what the OP is saying. If you ask Siri to find a thai restaurant near here. It will probably do it ok, if you ask immediately afterwards, "Call them", Siri will likely respond with something showing that it hasn't kept the chain going as it was ORIGINALLY designed to do.
Except that it is easy to see that it DOES work. Try it. I just did, the nearest Thai restaurant is 4 miles from me, when I say "call them" Siri verifies by saying "call Han Asian Cuisine?" while listing the address and presenting two buttons labeled "Yes" and "No".
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