I’ve been using it off and on since DB2.

David Pogue is right, it’s very impressive. He and basically everyone else make the same comment, and I fully agree: it’s hard to remember to even use it.

I used Siri a ton before, but always for basically the same four commands. Create reminder, call X, send a text to Y, set a timer for Z minutes.

And after years of that, it’s hard to remember to do more. But when I do it can often shock me.

It’s not fast. Which is quite annoying for those quick actions I used to do. But I’m OK with that on my phone. Not happy with it on my watch.

It’s not ChatGPT 5.6. And I’m sure they’ll get it faster over time. But in my mind they finally delivered.

▲

dsabanin 15 hours ago | parent [-]

I was just rambling about it to my wife - it's finally good and it finally can understand me correctly.

Apple always had access to app's internal API for AppleScript and accessibility, so now that they exposed it to an LLM (with upcoming claude and gemini support), they are a serious power. And iPhones are in the hands of a lot of folks around the globe. Exciting.

	▲	MBCook 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I seriously doubt they’re going to give anyone else access. They’re fighting the EU over it. But I guess we’ll see. More than once has has told me something, and I had to ask how it knew. And it would tell me exactly how and what do you know it was there somewhere on my phone.