Apple Opens Third-Party Apps to Siri AI Actions[1]
The update is rolling out as a Developer Preview.[2]
Apple is letting developers integrate Siri AI’s new features into all apps, The Verge reported.[3]
Developers can build app skills that bundle several tasks into a single action, rather than requiring a separate action for each task.[5] Apple says Siri AI can carry out requests using personal context, instructions in everyday language and awareness of what’s on screen.[4]
You won’t always need to name the app: Apple says users can leave that out when the app is in the foreground, during a Live Activity or while discussing that app with Siri AI.[6]
Apple is also extending Siri AI’s capabilities in its own apps, including Mail, Maps, Messages and Shortcuts.[7] To find out what’s available in a particular app, Apple says users can ask Siri AI which actions it can perform there.[8]
When you try it, ask Siri AI what it can do in your app before handing over a task.
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"Apple will now let Siri AI perform actions across third-party apps." SOURCE ↗
"The update, which is rolling out as part of a Developer Preview" SOURCE ↗
"Apple announced developers can now integrate Siri AI’s new features in “all apps,”" SOURCE ↗
"allowing the voice assistant to draw on a user’s personal context, process natural language prompts, and use on-screen awareness to complete requests." SOURCE ↗
"also adds a new “app skills” feature that third-party developers can create to combine several tasks into a single action." SOURCE ↗
"the company says users won’t have to mention an app’s name in their request while it’s in the foreground, during a Live Activity, or in a conversation with Siri AI about the app." SOURCE ↗
"Apple is bringing Siri AI’s expanded capabilities to its own apps as well, including Calendar, Files, Finder, Journal, Mail, Maps, Messages, Music, Notes, Photos, Preview, Reminders, Safari, Shortcuts, and Weather apps." SOURCE ↗
"The company notes that users can ask Siri AI what it can do in each app." SOURCE ↗
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