Apple's intentions for improve your virtual assistant Siri they have always been on the rise over the years. Criticism does not place Siri among the best virtual assistants and today there are many shortcomings that are found compared to other Google Assistant or Alexa assistants. However, staying in the same ecosystem as your operating systems makes the experience more rewarding than it really is. Apple has quietly and covertly launched a new study called Siri Speech Study and with a hidden app in the App Store which can only be accessed by invitation. The objective? Improve your virtual assistant in some way.
A new interactive study launched by Apple: 'Siri Speech Study'
The news jumped on TechCrunch: A hidden unindexed app was found in the App Store called Siri Speech Study. With hardly any description and very little information in the screenshots, the medium immediately contacted Apple who claimed that it was a study related to the improvement of the Siri virtual assistant to which could only be accessed by invitation.
The application is in the Utilities category. Nevertheless, It cannot be searched either in the search engine or in the apps published by 'Apple'. It is a ghost app that only those who want the Big Apple have access to through a double security factor. First, the app link. And secondly, the study invitation key that would allow access to the app's internal tools.
There are several countries that have the Siri Speech Study active, among which are the US, Germany, France, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand or Taiwan. Are many and very varied countries in which the study is available what makes us see the impact that the results could have for the improvement of the virtual assistant.
The application as such allows the user to send information about Siri in a personalized way. That is, the app detects when the assistant misheard a question and would notify the user to send that record with an observation adding what he said when he was not heard by Siri. In the end, the study aims to improve a product thanks to the help of users expressly invited by Apple.