Apple introduced Siri in 2011 in the iPhone, but it has since lost ground to rivals such as Amazon’s Alexa and Alphabet Inc.’s Google assistant. The change was made official this week in updates to the executives’ biographies on the Apple website. Apple introduced Siri in 2011 in the iPhone, but it has since lost ground to rivals such as Amazon’s Alexa and Alphabet Inc.’s Google assistant. Amazon’s devices have proven popular with shoppers, allowing them by voice command to check the weather, stream music, order pizza and, of course, order more merchandise from the e-commerce giant. Samsung Electronics Co.’s Siri competitor, dubbed Bixby, offers deeper integration than the Apple offering.

Source: Mint September 02, 2017 07:18 UTC