Farewell Siri? Perplexity's AI assistant arrives on iPhone and it's stunning

It is a very appreciable update which benefits from the application ofl’IA PerplexityOn iOS. Indeed, it now has the management of the conversational voice assistant. From then on, the latter can in particular write emails, prepare calls, or book a restaurant for you.

Siri's ideal replacement?

Introducing Perplexity iOS Voice Assistant

Voice Assistant uses web browsing and multi-app actions to book reservations, send emails and calendar invites, play media, and more—all from the Perplexity iOS app.

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This is all the more good news as the features of conversational AI promised by Apple on Siriare slow to materialize. In addition, this technology works on old iPhone models, as long as they work on iOS 16 and subsequent versions.

When the version is launched on Android, Perplexity indicated that he wanted to offer these features on iOS and that he was waiting for the green light from the Cupertino firm. It is now done.

The siteThe Vergehas already tested these new features. He was able to reserve a restaurant in particular, even if the maneuver had to be confirmed manually:

I also tried to reserve a table at the restaurant, as shown in the demonstration video published by Peplexity. His mobile assistant then opened "Open Table", then entered the dates and hours I had indicated aloud. However, the actions are not complete; You will still have to perform the process yourself in the window. Perplexity can also open my Uber application and reserve a race.

Our colleague also notes some limitations of perplexity compared to his rivalsGrokand Chatgpt, and in particular the fact that it cannot" see "The surroundings with the camera to contextualize a place.

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