Chances are that if your system can be updated to MacOS Sierra, it’s probably fast enough to run Siri without issue.įunctionally, Siri’s features on the Mac are similar to iOS. It also recognized our voice input well, only occasionally missing quick, simple words (for example, Siri usually recognized “jig” as “J”). Our test system, an aging MacBook Air from 2012 with a Core i5 processor, had little trouble keeping up with our voice input. Siri was slow when we first tried it in the beta version of MacOS, but it’s made great strides since then. But Spotlight will just send you to Yelp’s search page. For example, you can ask Siri to find food near you, and it will.
Spotlight replicates some of what Siri can do, and sorta-kinda steps into the role of text based digital assistant, the two aren’t mirrors of each. In fact, speaking to Siri may not be prudent if you’re at work, on a plane, or relaxing at your local coffee shop. There’s far less need to speak directly to Siri on MacOS, since your keyboard is likely to be handy. That’s more of a problem than you might think for a desktop digital assistant. Both Cortana and Google Now actively listen and respond to a key phrase - “Hey, Cortana” and “OK, Google,” respectively. That makes the digital assistant less convenient than it could be. Apple, always mindful of privacy, requires manual activation, just as on the iPhone. You can yell at Siri all day long, but it won’t respond. Siri doesn’t, and can’t, listen unless you tell it to. One major difference is immediately obvious. Siri will be hitting all Macs this fall, going toe-to-toe with Cortana for the title of best desktop assistant.
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Siri for Mac rumors swirled around the last two OS X – er, sorry, MacOS – releases, but it never happened.
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But Microsoft has implemented a similarly aggressive update schedule, and that’s eroding the impact of Apple’s update schedule, which, just a few years ago, looked lightning-quick. MacOS Sierra has several major new features to talk about, including one you can talk to. The company came to WWDC 2016 ready to do what fans have long waited for. Fitbit Versa 3īill Roberson/Digital TrendsAt long last, Apple has realized the Mac needs change.
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