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Apple is doing more than just the voice search. It is parsing what the user is saying and bringing back exact result or completing that actions. Just like Siri did when you wanted to book a hotel or restaurant.


That already happens for a lot of different verbs on android. "Call" "navigate to" and probably more but those are the only ones I use.


this is exactly the same as voice search + "instant actions." there's no line between the two.


The "jogging guy" portion of the video shows Siri juggling context to a surprising degree. I think there's a pretty clear line between that and voice search + instant actions.

It's not unlike the line between what Google does and what Wolfram Alpha does.


I interpreted the parent's comment as being about things like "great Greek restaurant in Cupertino", which are essentially instant search.

but yeah, the reminders stuff in particular is a cool new realm for voice control.




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