The presentation of Apple's new mobile operating system has not been without controversy. First, of the company's current product portfolio , only a few will receive full functionality; A separate case is that of the first-generation iPad that is completely out of the operating system update. On the other hand, Siri "" the personal assistant of the current iPhone 4S "" already recognizes the Spanish language in different variants. However, one of the great virtues of the virtual assistant is being able to show local results to the questions asked by users; in Spain, it seems, this will be more complicated.
The own Steve Wozniak "" which was co-founded Apple with the late Steve Jobs ' "jumped to the media with a statement as only he can give," Siri was better before Apple comprase ". This is how clear and resounding the engineer was in an interview with the Times Union newspaper. And, apparently, Wozniak had the opportunity to test the personal assistant before it fell into the hands of Apple. And after throwing the same questions that he asked in his day, the answers did not correspond to the accuracy of the first session.
iOS 6 was presented on June 11. And one of the big breakthroughs before it was formally launched next fall was that Siri had "studied new languages"; the Spaniard was among them. That is to say, from now on the Spanish-speaking user could ask questions or manage their equipment with voice commands. But beware, Siri will only reach two Apple mobile devices: the iPhone 4S and the new iPad. The reasons for leaving aside the other terminals have not been explained by those of Cupertino with Tim Cook at the head.
However, here are not the only limitations of the virtual assistant. And is that Siri, which in the United States works perfectly in local searches, would not be as effective in the rest of the world. This was commented on the Technically Personal portal. According to this website, Siri will have great deficiencies when it comes to displaying local results such as being able to search for a nearby restaurant, the nearest movie theaters, or gas stations that can be found along the way.
The reasons given by the portal are, on the one hand, that the associated services that Siri works with are mostly focused on the United States. And, on the other hand, and although iOS 6 and Siri are in beta "" testing "" and the database could be increased in the months that remain until its official launch, it is unlikely that the result will be satisfactory. A clear example would be the cases of Google and Microsoft. These two giants would have taken years to complete a global database and collect local information from all sites to provide optimal service.
Therefore, what was announced by Apple in the last WWDC 2.012 conference, when they referred to the global coverage of the service associated with Siri, would be questioned. With the first tests that the developers have been able to do, it has been seen that Siri, on some occasions, does not interpret the users' questions well.
