Siri generally has polite responses when asked reasonable questions such as "Where is the nearest restaurant?" Siri also has a list of amusing answers for questions like, "Do you believe in God?" or the ever popular, "What's your favorite color?" When asked though with an unreasonable question, Apple's voice assistant gets a little sassy.
News of a somewhat feisty Siri started spreading Tuesday, when "Breaking Bad" actor Aaron Paul shared his Siri experience via his Twitter account, reports Time. He wrote, "Ask Siri "what is zero divided by zero?" RIGHT. NOW." Apple's assistant answered: "Imagine that you have zero cookies, and you split them evenly among zero friends. How many cookies does each person get? See? It doesn't make sense." It doesn't end there, Siri's response gets harsher, saying, "And Cookie Monster is sad that there are no cookies. And you are sad that you have no friends." The sassy Siri only seems to be working for iPhone users who upgraded to iOS 8.
Not all iPhone users are using Apple's voice recognition technology, with some users having a difficult time being understood, while others are not getting the right response from Siri. An article though from Nextgov recommends to try talking normally instead of slowing down and talking like a robot.
Since Apple launched Siri on iPhones in 2011, the voice recognition program have evolved since then. Apparently, Siri can now comprehend speedier sentences, different accents and a variety of syntax. And speaking normally when using the voice assistant will enable Siri to better understand the user, given the system's voice recognition feature.
And with the release of Apple's music streaming service, Siri will be a big help to iPhone users as it works seamlessly with Music, states MacWorld. Apple's voice assistant can be considered a game-changer when it comes to streaming music. Siri's capabilities for Music are powerful. Aside from doing the basics such as playing a song or album, Siri can add songs to the queue, shuffle an album and find hits from previous years.
Siri's capabilities are promising, although users would need to contend with amusing and sometimes snarky comments from Apple's voice assistant.
