Siri AI’s new voice customization could have trumped Alexa+, but scant HomeOS updates stall the win for Apple

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As another WWDC keynote comes to a close, plenty of exciting new software is coming soon to an Apple device near you. None looms so large as the extensively discussed new Siri AI, which dominated most of the presentation; finally, Apple's digital assistant can keep pace with the competition, with a new look in the Dynamic Island, an app, as well as vast improvements to tools like Visual Intelligence.

Largely, Siri AI's newly boosted skillset owes to Apple enlisting the help of Google's Gemini AI models to bolster its own Apple Intelligence models, but amidst the flashy demonstrations, there was one feature that could make Siri AI my go-to voice assistant, and it's all to do with expressiveness.

Currently, I use Alexa+ around my home, but in my heart, I've always been a HomePod girlie. For two years, my HomePod mini was my go-to smart home hub, but continued...

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