All new about siri and Dictation in iOS 16

Siri is a virtual assistant developed by Apple, thus it’s part of Apple Inc.’s iOS, iPad,  macOS, watchOS, and tvOS operating systems. The assistant uses voice queries and a natural-language user interface to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions by typically requests to a set of Internet services.

In every enhancing step of Apple iOS, It makes improvements to the built-in Siri voice assistant, and iOS 16 is no exception. Offline support has been expanded, ‌From now it’s finally done that it can hang up calls, and there’s improved guidance on when and where you can access ‌Siri‌.

now I am going to aware of various  features  got update and enhances as with the origin of iOS 16 regarding Siri.

Siri

Simple shortcut

siri has encounted with new governing feature with upcoming iOS 16. While activates with the siri shortcut is  no longer required to a setup process to use them. Siri runs right away whenever you install or downlond an app.

Emoji in Texts

whenever you pay reply or first appealing message you can ask siri to induldge an emoji in your message . All you need to specify the character that you asking for and it’s also work to say “emoji” after each request so ‌Siri‌ doesn’t get confused.

Automatic Message Sending

In  the setting , the siri Search section has a new option for automatically sending a message with ‌Siri‌, which removes the confirmation step that you have to go through when sending text through ‌Siri‌. To approve each message can be a frustration if you’re having a long conversation with someone and you don’t have access to your phone to type, so this streamlines the process, it also works with CarPlay.It is an opt-in feature and it can be toggled off for the car and headphones if desired.

Hanging Up Calls

Hang up calls while having long and inter convesation not by action by just say ” Hey, siri hang up call”, ofcouse   fact with those who are on call can hear your untterance of phrase.Apple’s assistant has always supported voice commands to answer an incoming call. This is the first time Siri can also end an in-progress call.

Siri Command Guidance

Siri guides you when you are in certain app and cannot perform any task due to confution or other lacking reason you could directly ask siri to help you out by say ” siri, what should I do here” or while specifically in app “hey siri, what I am suppose to do [name of the app] when you are in app and somewhere other in you iPhone.

More Offline Functionality

Even without having any contact of Apple server ,siri can perform more effectively on iOS 16. which mean it has wider array function that are available when you don’t have an internet connection.

‌Siri‌ can process Intercom,Homekit and Voicemail requests when you are offline.

Accessibility Features

Under a siries , in the accessibility section  of the settings app,we have options siri’s pause time, which causes voive assistant to wait and for litchen you for long period of timeSiri‌ Pause Time can be set to Default, Longer, and Longest.

It also have an option to “Announce Notifications on Speaker” to have ‌Siri‌ speak notifications aloud, and a “Prefer Spoken Responses” option can be toggled on to cause ‌Siri‌ to speak aloud in situations such as the phone being silenced.

Dictation

Apple with ‌iOS 16‌ redecorate entirely the dictation experience, making it easier to swap between voice and touch. Time you’re dictating text on the ‌iPhone‌ or iPad, you can tap into the text field and type with the keyboard to make edits and insert QuickType suggestions without having to stop the dictation process.

There’s also a new cursor popover that’s available when you’re dictating text, and if you tap it, you can stop the dictation more quickly.

Emoji Support

You can also reply or first appealing message you can ask siri to induldge an emoji in your messages.

Dictation in Messages

You can speak the text instead of using the onscreen keyboard. In iOS 16 messages app the dictation icon is given on right of the messages text box if it’s enabled, you’ll see a tappable microphone icon that starts a dictation setting.
The Dictation icon replaces the voice message icon that was at the right side of the Messages text entry box in ‌iOS 15‌. If Dictation is not enabled, there is no icon in the text box.

Here I have discussed various virtual performances about siri and dictation in iOS 16. For more gatherance of knowledge that I can provide you stay in connect .

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