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amystic1 said:

I've noticed that Siri has been getting better in recognizing my requests.  However, with the latest security update I'm now being asked to unlock my iPhone before I can use Siri.  Siri is now getting turned off in settings as it is unusable to me, especially if I'm driving and hope to use it for handsfree functions.  Nice one Apple...

Have you enabled "Hey, Siri" in Settings and is it enabled when Locked? Also , there is an Accessibility setting for using "Hey, Siri" when the iPhone is face down.

PS: I personally don’t like to have features accessible from the Lock Screen. In fact, I hate that phone numbers and emails show up on the  Lock Screen after a restart. It doesn’t connect with Contacts, but I feel that a full phone number reveals more info than simply a name like Bob being displayed. To rectify that I lock the SIM.

Luis.A.Masanti said:

Maybe it is too late… but we must recognize that the pre-AI Siri was more of a Voice User Interface than an ‘assistant.’ With your keyboard and mouse you search and receive web info! (Web browsers only remember you thru tracking ads!)

Now… or in a near futue… AI-Siri will become a real ‘assistant.’
The best part is that it will preserve your privacy… like a real personal assistant. When your assistant does not know the answer… he/she/it will go to the library or the encyclopedia… well… to ChatGPT by now…

Siri was using AI even before Apple bought it. It is a project developed by the SRI International Artificial Intelligence Center. Simply because the needle of what we expect from AI in the Real has moved considerably doesn't mean that AI wasn't being utilized.

avon b7 said:

It seems like the key point is that the study is of the US market.

In places like China there are far more advanced options that are deeply integrated into vehicles and provide seamless integration with phones. 

This is now a few years old and even then the system was far ahead of Android Auto/CarPlay. 

https://m.gsmarena.com/aito_m5_harmonyos_system_quick_review-news-54285.php

Things have come a long way since then. 

Yes, yes, I'm sure they're so great with feature vomit, just like we heard for years that Apple will never be able to sell a single iPhone in Eastern Asia because they already have phones that have so many features it comes with a phone book size instruction manual to teach you how to access and use them.  🙄

nubus said:

Cesar Battistini Maziero said:

If I was a car maker, I would jump to new CarPlay as fast as I could.

I just don't understand why the resistance.

Shouldn't be that hard for any Apple user to understand why combining hardware and software is what creates something unique. None of the car makers want to end up as commodity makers. It will be difficult for Apple to get the major players onbard now that Car is dead. Mercedes was a launch partner for CarPlay NG but decided against it. Would expect for more to follow.

How would they end up being commodity makers because they allow the iPhone's CarPlay UI or Android's Android Auto UI to connect?

bloggerblog said:

For me it's not only the familiar UI but the comfort in knowing that it has all my stuff. Especially when renting a car! CarPlay has the exact same settings as my personal car and no infotainment system will ever be able to match that without having me dish out my iCloud credentials and risk forgetting to erase them before returning the car.

Even with my own vehicle I do not copy my "phone book" into the car's memory. I don't want contacts, previous addresses, or anything else identifiable in the car's Infotainment system. I even redact my name and address off my insurance and registration just in case the car is stolen. This has never been a problem because those documents are verifying the car's legality on the road, not the driver. You'd be hard pressed to find any information about me in my car once it's been parked and locked.