Apple has given Siri a brand new look with the iOS 18.1 update, but there’s still one problem that needs to be solved. The new Siri now appears on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 models with an eye-catching edge lighting animation. This effect reacts to your voice when Siri responds. However, the improvements in appearance are not fully reflected in Siri’s functionality. Siri is still not capable of acting as an intelligent chat assistant. Here are the details

Apple has made improvements to Siri with the new iOS update: But not much progress on intelligence

There are of course a few additional functions that come with the new update. Siri can now receive written commands from the keyboard with the “Type to Siri” option. This is actually quite useful in quiet environments or when it is difficult to speak into the phone.

In addition, with the new iOS update, Siri speaks with a more natural voice synthesis, making it more capable of understanding queries. For example, if your words get mixed up during a query, Siri can now understand it better. For example, if you say something like “The weather in Istanbul… sorry, I meant Izmir”, Siri will now bring up the weather in Izmir.

Siri can also access user guides about Apple’s own products. For example, if you ask, “How do I turn on screen recording on this device?” Siri can help you with steps based on Apple’s official documentation.

However, Siri’s overall knowledge capacity is still limited, and it can’t act as an AI assistant when it comes to responding to complex questions and gathering a variety of information. In the meantime, Apple has promised to increase Siri’s knowledge level. With the iOS 18.2 update, Siri will be integrated with ChatGPT.

Thanks to this integration, Siri will get support from ChatGPT in situations where it cannot respond and will provide much more comprehensive information. Thus, we will see a more equipped Siri with more general information and world knowledge. Later in 2024, Siri will be able to use personal data such as messages, calendar events and e-mails to provide natural answers to questions such as “When is my flight?” or “What was the book Hande recommended?”.

For now, Siri gets by with a sleek design, but it needs more time to develop in-depth knowledge or complex conversational capabilities. According to Apple’s plans, Siri will be much smarter and more capable in the future, but users will have to wait a little longer.