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Apple Will Reportedly Let iPhone Users in the EU Switch Away From Siri

Apple is planning to give users in the EU the ability to set a default voice assistant other than Siri, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and Drake Bennett.

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In a lengthy report about Apple's artificial intelligence shortcomings today, Gurman and Bennett said Apple plans to introduce this change across multiple software platforms, which likely means the iPhone, iPad, and Mac at a minimum.

Presumably, this means that users in the EU will be able to set options like Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant as their default voice assistant on Apple devices.

Apple is working on this change in response to expanding EU regulations, the report said.

Apple already lets iPhone users in the EU set third-party apps as the default option for browsing and messaging, navigation, and much more.

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Top Rated Comments

Squozen Avatar
19 months ago

"Expanding EU Regulations"

Translation: Yet another invented fine for US Companies, with Apple ofc being the primary target.

The EU is a ****ing joke.
Or maybe if Apple was forced to actually compete on their platform their voice assistant wouldn’t be such a ****ing joke.
Score: 66 Votes (Like | Disagree)
iObama Avatar
19 months ago
Good. Let Siri compete in the free market of voice assistants. If it's good enough, people will use it.
Score: 41 Votes (Like | Disagree)
LeeW Avatar
19 months ago

So you can pretend your iPhone is an android device. That makes sense 😂
Or, just so we can have a useful voice assistant.
Score: 36 Votes (Like | Disagree)
19 months ago

"Expanding EU Regulations"

Translation: Yet another invented fine for US Companies, with Apple ofc being the primary target.

The EU is a ****ing joke.
Dude, everyone wants this.
Score: 31 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Havalo Avatar
19 months ago
How about the ability to disable it full stop without affecting other services like Apple CarPlay 🤷🏻‍♂️
Score: 25 Votes (Like | Disagree)
19 months ago
ChatGPT would be great
Score: 24 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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