With the new iOS 18 update Siri can now do a lot of things than before. Actually, Siri is undergoing some major updates. With the collaboration with AI technology, Siri now acts like more than a voice assistant. In this article, we are going to talk about the new features of Siri. We will see an improvement in Siri in certain apps.
Camera
Now users can tell Siri to handle the camera. They can tell which mode and what is the timer to set. This is good for people who are unfamiliar with the Apple Camera features. Users can easily switch between cameras with the help of Siri. With the new update, Siri will have the ability to make video recordings, switch modes, and switch front and rear cameras.
Apple Mail app gets new abilities with virtual assistance. Now it can divide the emails based on their content, like business, education, and sports. Even it can send certain emails to the junk folder. These are the things Siri can do in the mail app.
- Do undo options.
- Make an email draft
- Delete drafted emails
- Make emails junk
- Send an email message, schedule the time and date
- Make AI-generated emails
- Reply to emails
- Mute or delete emails
- Summarize emails
The Mail app also getting a new feature called Smart Replies. With this, users can send Ai generated replies to emails. They use Ajax LLM to manage the replies. Most of these features make people’s life easier especially those who are in the business field. They have to work with more emails every day.
Notes
With Siri, now users can navigate through the notes, move them, and add tags. Now Siri can create, delete, or even rename notes for you. Add tags, include or exclude existing tags, remove tags, and create specific tags in Notes. Also, Siri can open notes to view, move, or delete unwanted notes in the Notes app.
With the new LLM, now users can add new or recorded audio and get the transcript for these audio clips. Users can use this audio with other texts and videos. There is an in-app record feature. When it comes to maths now users can use Apple’s new GreyParrot Calculator inside the notes app. Users can add more complex equations and graphs to their notes.
Photos
With the new update, now Siri can do more activities in the Photos app. Users can edit, remove, hide, make albums or hide full albums. Siri can identify the things in the photo. So, users can request to get photos of their friends, family or loved ones without scrolling through the whole app. With the Siri, users can also make photo albums and scrapbooks. Using the photo app and editing photos in the Apple photo app will be challenging for new users. In that case, this all-new Siri feature will be a massive advantage.
Apple Books
When using Apple Books, Siri can help you to navigate to the paragraph or page you want. with Siri, users can see their new download PDFs, and audiobooks and easily go through the app interface. Things you can do with Siri,
- Change the theme
- Flip through pages
- Switch to another library or book
- Open books by their titles
- Pause audiobooks
- Show which is finished
Safari
In the browser, Siri can read and summarize the content on the web pages. This can help people who have low eyesight. Also, it can organize the tabs a way you can navigate easily through the pages. Siri has an option for creating private tabs or tab groups. With this, you can secure your privacy and Safari can’t see your data. Also, the new Safari 18 has a feature to summarize pages and make the reading process easier.
Reminders
Siri can work in Apple Reminders to make things in a list and add or remove hashtags to these reminders. With this, you can make a list of meetings, chores, travel dates, and more. This can help people who have to do a lot of things on a certain day. Also, now reminders can integrate with the calendar app.
Voice Memos
Siri can now record, pause, and play for the iPhone users. With this feature anyone can record their lectures, meetings, songs, and much more without any difficulties. It can create new voice memos, delete or search as you want, and pause recordings when necessary.
Other Apps
Siri can interact with some parts of the settings app. Users can see home screen settings, brightness, Gesture settings, and App library settings among these sections. It can also work on the Files app to customize the files and delete them when necessary. It can make new images in Apple’s generative playground.
When using the Magnifier app, Siri can describe objects and understand the people and doors in front of the camera.
These are the main areas and apps in which Siri can work and make new differences.