Apple opens up assistant Siri to outside applications
Here’s a rundown of its best features.
Apple has integrated Siri to work with your favourite apps.
Other apps can now use Messages, for example placing a food order via a restaurant app from within Messages.
One issue that could arise is that merchants don’t want to integrate Apple Pay into their online shopping platforms, but Apple says it has signed up some big names right from the get-go including Target, Expedia, United Airlines, and some others. And if you thought you could remove Weather app and just view weather details in the Notification Center, you won’t - because Notification Center gets its weather info from the Weather app. Most of these new features won’t arrive until this fall.
Taking its cue from the massively popular Japanese app Line, Apple has added stickers to messaging. Today we’re sending photos and messages with iMessage.
Apple Music, as expected, has also been given a head-to-toe revamp. Here’s what you need to know. When listening to music on your iPhone 6S or iPhone 6S Plus, it is not possible to keep on listening to the same tune and at the same time open the Camera app. In addition to removing this limitation, Apple promises version 10 will include “Side by Side Mail compose iPad” through it hasn’t yet demoed this feature.
Company executives announced that Siri, Maps and iMessage will be open to software developers.
Siri is now available for app developers where it can now Book a cab from OLA or Send a Message From Whatsapp just with a voice query.
Messages is the most frequently used iOS app, and with iOS 10 it is “more expressive and fun” with animated and personalized ways to message friends and family. It’s already available in the U.S., the U.K., China and a few other markets.
After a rather lukewarm reception at launch, Apple’s Spotify rival is being completely revamped with a new interface. The tabs - Library, For You, Browse and Radio - have been completely redesigned to provide an even greater sense of place, and a Search tab has been added to make finding music even easier. Apple will also be introducing a subscription option on Apple News.
Let’s look through the list of Sierra features that Apple is highlighting.
Siri will also be able to find faces in your photo albums.
Advanced search techniques support a “memories” feature that automatically will scan your photos to create a montage and video of a past event.
Apple is making it easier to use its Apple TV set-top box as the new hub of a digital home.
That “fast lane”, meanwhile, will let IT departments “prioritize the apps most critical to your business”, meaning you’ll never again have to ask a co-worker to knock it off with the cat videos while you’re on a WebEx or Spark call.