Apple opens its software a bit more; Siri (like users), the most benefited

Siri and the App Store

Well yes. Part of the forecasts that had been evaluated with respect to Crab. I say that "in part" because that new version was not presented that would take advantage of the VocalIQ technology and that would leave the competition "in diapers", but an SDK has been released that will allow third-party developers that our virtual assistant can access and interact with applications that have not been developed by Apple.

As we have advanced this afternoon, Runtastic It will be one of the first apps to take advantage of Siri's new ability. According to its developers, we can tell Siri that "I'm going to run for 30 minutes" so that it understands that it has to open Runtastic and start the activity that we have indicated, something that seems very good to me but that creates some doubts (such as How will you know that I want Runtastic to be the application I want to use?). But this will be just the beginning.

Siri, our assistant will assist us much better in iOS 10

On the other hand, I do not know if you have ever sent a tweet or an email asking Siri. It is quite comfortable, but we could only do this with applications like Facebook, Twitter or Apple's own. Starting with iOS 10, when apps are updated using the new Siri SDK, we can do the same with applications like WhatsApp, something that I have already mentioned on different occasions in recent weeks. And, if we do not like Apple applications and prefer those of Google, it is also possible (I do not want to take this for sure because they are direct competition) that in the future we can manage Google contacts or send emails with the official application of Gmail.

But opening apple software it doesn't just stop there. Although Siri is going to be, once again, a very important point of iOS 10, there will also be other applications that will take advantage of this opening. For example, in the Telephone application, when we access the card of a contact who has WhatsApp installed (the usual example), as long as we also have it installed, we can call him directly from the Telephone application. This will also be available in other applications such as Viber or Line.

And Messages? What has happened with iMessage for Android? It was one of the disappointments of the WWDC16 keynote, although many of us think that it is difficult for it to triumph among Android users. In any case, iMessage has become a platform. What does this mean? Well, it no longer serves only to send messages. In iOS 10 we can send money With the Messages app, developers will be able to create content for the official iOS messaging app. And not only that: as I have read in different media, the developers they will also be able to create applications Compatible with iMessage, so we'll likely see third-party apps that can access iMessages soon.

Does the latter make sense? Yes it does, but I don't think it has it for iOS users. Users of an iPhone, an iPad or an iPod Touch already have the application installed by default and, being Apple's own proposal, it will always be the best option. It makes more sense if these apps appear in other app stores, like the Google Play or Windows Phone. In short, they have not released iMessage for Android, but the door is not closed.

In any case, we are on June 14, it has only been a little more than a day since iOS 10 It is available in beta and developers are working 24 hours at most with the new tools that Apple has made available. What is 100% confirmed is that Siri will be able to interact with third-party applications and we will be able to perform many more tasks without having to touch our device, which at the end of the day will also reduce the energy consumption derived from screen touches. How will you use Siri when it integrates with third-party applications?


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