Across the internet, users are reporting that Siri’s voice has turned flat, unnatural, stern, and oddly disengaged. Gone is the upbeat, more conversational tone we’re used to.

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And Siri is the only voice assistant that you can invoke with your voice if your iPhone is locked. But Siri did start life on the iPhone as an app before Apple acquired it 15 years ago.

Apple won’t do it, but it should allow AI voice assistants like ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode, Google Gemini, Amazon’s upcoming Alexa+, and Perplexity’s voice mode to have more system integration.

Despite Siri updates and software changes, it doesn’t get to know users in the same way ChatGPT Voice can. Reason being, ChatGPT learns from its interactions in real-time and improves responses ...

You can also simplify the process by using voice commands. Just say, "Hey, Google, open Assistant settings." How to change Siri's accent To change the voice of Siri on an Apple device: ...

Just like Siri, you can ask Perplexity's voice assistant to set a reminder, schedule a calendar event, play a song from Apple Music, open a podcast, and get directions via Apple Maps.

Voice assistants hold so much promise, but in the decade-plus since Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa first wormed their ways into our lives, their most compelling use is still setting timers.

I replaced Siri with Perplexity iOS Voice Assistant on my iPhone. I was surprised at the huge functional gulf, and I am never going to Apple's voice assistant.

Still, Alexa’s dunderheadedness feels emblematic of the state of old-school AI voice assistants, a field that also includes Apple’s Siri and Google’s Assistant.