Perplexity targets Siri with actually useful voice actions from an iPhone AI chatbot app

Last week, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas floated the idea of making a better version of Siri for iPhone users. should we make a version of siri that works reliably on basic stuff? what all would you like to see in an iOS voice assistant ? if there’s a good amount of interest, we will prioritize Less than a week later, the Perplexity AI team has kind of delivered. Why there aren’t Siri competitors on iPhone The problem with competing with Siri, of course, isn’t that Siri is too good to beat. It’s that Siri enjoys its position as the system-level voice assistant. Apple doesn’t let you replace Siri with other voice assistants. There are some actions that only Siri can take. And Siri is the only voice assistant that you can invoke with your voice if your iPhone is locked. But Siri did start life on the iPhone as an app before Apple acquired it 15 years ago. The rest is misery… I mean history. Perplexity is in striking distance of Siri For the reasons listed above, Perplexity has ... Read full article.