Siri is getting Gemini superpowers, and that could be awful for Android

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At this point, it should probably be accepted as a universal fact that Siri is one of the weakest voice assistants in the world. That was true before its redesign in iOS 18, and it’s still true even after Apple added ChatGPT. The new smarts may have given Siri a new brain, but Siri still hasn’t figured out how to use that brain properly.

We’ve collectively bullied Siri for years (rightfully so), to the point that Apple has now decided to partner with Google and base Siri on none other than its biggest — and far better — competitor, Gemini. There’s something deeply funny about a company using its rival’s underlying tech because it couldn’t quite build its own or find a better alternative.




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