Technology major Apple, whose chief executive Tim Cook was on a four-day India visit, has finally decided to open up its smartphones’ search assistant Siri for developers. Google is also planning on allowing developers to integrate their apps and services with its voice-assistant through its messaging app, Allo. According to a report in The Information, the developments will mostly spin around adding Siri to other apps such as Uber. It is expected that developers will need to build some kind of search-query box into their apps in order to work with Siri’s query-based algorithm. Siri, which launched in 2011, hasn’t added any significant features since being available to users though it currently has access to few third-party services such as Yelp.

Source: Hindustan Times May 26, 2016 22:26 UTC