When you think of digital assistants, admittedly Siri might not be the first name that comes to mind. This is due to the fact that despite Siri sort of being the first digital assistant to be launched on modern day smartphones, it isn’t quite as accurate or as fast or as comprehensive compared to the competition.
Apple definitely knows this and is no doubt working on making improvements, and those improvements show. According to a recent test conducted by Loup Ventures (via 9to5Mac), it seems that Siri is now capable of answering more questions accurately compared to a year ago. To be more specific, the test found that Siri has a 78.5% accuracy, a huge improvement over last year’s 66%.
However it seems that despite being able to answer more questions accurately, the somewhat disturbing finding was that Siri actually understood most of the questions, but only managed to answer 78.5% of them. According to Loup Ventures, out of the 800 questions asked, Siri apparently understood 99% of them.
As for the competition, Loup Ventures found that Google Assistant understood 100% of the questions, and managed to answer 85% of them. That being said, while this is an improvement there is no doubt that Siri could stand to be further improved upon. Last we heard Apple was apparently considering giving Siri an overhaul, but whether or not that happens remains to be seen.
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