By adding artificial intelligence features to Siri, Apple’s smart assistant will be able to do more, Apple said.
Those changes start with Siri’s language recognition capabilities, which can detect when users correct themselves mid-sentence. Users will also be able to write instructions to Siri by tapping twice at the bottom of their lock screen, allowing them to interact with Siri without actually using their physical voice to speak to the assistant out loud, such as by texting it to set an alarm.
Other examples of actions users will be able to do with Siri include asking it to add a certain photo to a draft email; directing Siri to send photos from a recent event to a specific contact; or to share a summary of meeting notes in an email to a colleague.
All of that is possible, Apple said, because Apple Intelligence grabs information about you from your photos, calendar events, files and messages — including PDFs of concert tickets and links shared by contacts.
It will also be able to search through your photos for information that you’re trying to put into an online form and add it for you, like taking the data from a photo of your driver’s license and automatically inserting it into a form.