Unfortunately I've not been able to watch the keynote or any developer sessions yet, but in any case I couldn't find any discussion of this new feature, as Siri Shortcuts has grabbed most of the headlines. So thought it might be worth a thread.
If you remember, iOS 10 allowed third party apps to integrate with Siri under a few limited domains: ride booking, messaging, photo search, payments, VoIP calling, and workouts.
Well it looks like iOS 12 adds a new media intent. I'm hoping this means apps like Spotify will be able to respond to requests like 'Play The Beatles on Spotify'.
The Shortcuts stuff is a great way to handle predetermined actions but I don't think that framework is able to process dynamic and natural language requests like the above (where the artists / song etc. will vary a lot and people might say it in slightly different ways) so this would be a really welcome addition.
If you remember, iOS 10 allowed third party apps to integrate with Siri under a few limited domains: ride booking, messaging, photo search, payments, VoIP calling, and workouts.
Well it looks like iOS 12 adds a new media intent. I'm hoping this means apps like Spotify will be able to respond to requests like 'Play The Beatles on Spotify'.
The Shortcuts stuff is a great way to handle predetermined actions but I don't think that framework is able to process dynamic and natural language requests like the above (where the artists / song etc. will vary a lot and people might say it in slightly different ways) so this would be a really welcome addition.
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