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Apple is understood to want to improve Siri’s search and functionality. Currently, Siri is unable to do basic tasks like booking a car or hotel room.
The changes mooted would allow third party providers to offer links into their own apps.
Currently, all Siri requests need to be routed via Apple’s own servers. Only a handful of third party service providers currently link into Siri’s servers. They include information provider Wolfram Alpha and US restaurant booking service OpenTable.
Other changes mooted for Siri include allowing data to be displayed in a more constrained space. An example given by The Information includes while a user is jogging and has their running app displayed.
Another example was actually bringing the running app to “the fore when a user starts jogging”.
Apple’s main goal appears to be making Siri less gimmicky and more useful.
It is currently unclear when Apple is planning to introduce these changes. However, some reports have suggested that an overhaul of Siri may be one of the main focus points of iOS 8 when it is unveiled.
Apple is likely to take the wraps off iOS 8 at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June.
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