Apple’s Focus on Voice-First Future

Apple is preparing a major Siri upgrade in 2025 with a new App Intents system, allowing full hands-free control of apps, from editing and sending photos to adding items to a shopping cart, all by voice. This capability could power Apple’s next wave of hardware, including a smart display (delayed a year) and a tabletop robot.

The rollout, planned for spring alongside a Siri infrastructure overhaul, faces hurdles: engineers are testing with select apps (Uber, Amazon, YouTube, WhatsApp, etc.) but may limit high-risk use cases like banking. Precision and accuracy are top priorities after past Siri missteps. Just like we discussed on our previous issue, audio processing has become a major game-changer for AI companies. Meta has acquired two audio startups to process and understand emotion through voice, but they lack the hardware. Apple has all the hardware to become the winner in the AI voice future, but it lacks the processing power. - https://www.ycoproductions.com/p/apples-focus-on-voice-first-future