New Siri vs Old Siri | Review - video Dailymotion

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The new Siri with Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.1 is more conversational, lets you interrupt and offers more contextual intelligence. But how much smarter is it? I put the new Siri on the iPhone 15 Pro Max to the test versus the old Siri on the iPhone 11 Pro Max in a series of questions, from recommending local restaurants and asking about Paris to sports and weather questions. Siri with Apple Intelligence is better, but there’s still room for improvement.

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00:00Who did the Jets play this weekend?

00:01Which sport?

00:03Hockey or football?

00:04Hockey's not a real sport.

00:06No, I'm just kidding.

00:07You've probably seen the new glowing Siri

00:09in all of those iPhone 16 commercials.

00:11It's supposed to be more conversational than before.

00:13It's supposed to let you ask follow up questions

00:16and you can type to Siri for the first time too.

00:18But how much smarter is it

00:20with contextual intelligence through Apple intelligence?

00:23We're gonna put the new Siri against the old Siri

00:25head to head in a series of five questions.

00:28But first, if your iPhone is near,

00:30you might wanna just like set it aside

00:32so it doesn't set off when I say that assistant's name.

00:35All right, so for my first one,

00:37I'm gonna make it pretty easy

00:38because I think both series, old and new,

00:40should be able to handle it.

00:41What steakhouses are nearby?

00:44Which one?

00:46Okay, well, that's actually pretty good.

00:48Although the old Siri is actually giving me more options.

00:51Which one?

00:52I don't see more options in your contacts.

00:55Who do you want to message?

00:55I don't have an answer for that.

00:57See, this is what happens

00:58when they start talking to each other.

01:00All right, I'll start with the old one.

01:01Which steakhouses are nearby?

01:05One sack, which one?

01:06A little bit slow.

01:08What are the hours for number two?

01:11One moment, I don't have hours for there.

01:14Oh, can you get me directions?

01:17Can you get me directions?

01:18I had to press the button.

01:19Getting directions to NYC WFF steak and whiskey.

01:23Okay, so I would say passing grade.

01:26All right, so now on to the nearest Siri.

01:28Is it any better?

01:30What steakhouses are nearby?

01:32Which one?

01:33What are the hours for number two?

01:35It's open today from 11.30 a.m. to 10.30 p.m.

01:39Can you get me directions?

01:40Getting directions to Hunt and Fish Club.

01:44So the new Siri got the hours, but the old one didn't.

01:50All right, so on to test two.

01:52What's the tallest building on earth?

01:55The tallest building is the Burj Khalifa-Khalifa Tower,

01:58which measures 828 meters to 716 feet, six inches tall.

02:04This is from GuinnessWorldRecords.com.

02:07Good to know.

02:08What's the second tallest?

02:09Shanghai Tower standing out in the skyline of Shanghai.

02:13Set in Mujizu, Pudong, Shanghai, China.

02:16The Shanghai Tower is a 2,073 foot, 632 meter,

02:21tall 128 floor skyscraper that was built in 2013.

02:24The voice is still like robotic though.

02:27And I don't need for it to read me the entire thing.

02:30I can read.

02:30This answer is from WorldAtlas.com.

02:33Also good to know.

02:34What about in the U.S.?

02:37Since it's topping out in 2013,

02:39One World Trade Center in New York City

02:41has been the tallest skyscraper in the United States.

02:44This is actually...

02:45This is from Wikipedia.

02:46What's the second tallest?

02:50K2 is the second highest mountain on earth.

02:52Ah, we broke it.

02:53K2 is located on the border between

02:54The United Maltest region of Pakistan.

02:55It didn't think that we were still talking about buildings.

02:58And the tax cork in Tajik,

02:59autonomous county of Xinjiang, China.

03:02Okay, you failed.

03:03Okay, New Siri, let's see what you got.

03:05What's the tallest building on earth?

03:07The tallest building on earth is Burj Khalifa,

03:11which measures 828 meters tall.

03:14It is a skyscraper located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

03:18What's the second tallest?

03:19K2 is the world's tallest building.

03:21Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,

03:24is the world's tallest building.

03:26Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, China,

03:28is the second tallest building.

03:31This is from K2 is the world's tallest building.

03:32What about in the U.S.?

03:33The Willis Tower is the second tallest building

03:38in the United States.

03:40This answer is from 10mosttoday.com.

03:44So in a way, it's smarter,

03:46but I didn't exactly want the second tallest in the U.S.

03:50I would hope that it would go to the tallest first.

03:53So it's almost like too contextual in this case.

03:56So even though we quote unquote broke old Siri eventually,

03:59I kind of liked its answers a little bit better.

04:02All right, next up,

04:03let's see what happens when we want to play tourist.

04:06Tell me about Paris.

04:09Here's some info about Paris.

04:11How big is it?

04:13Paris has an area of 1,102 square miles.

04:17How deep are the catacombs?

04:19A first level of the catacombs

04:21is from 33 to 49 feet below the surface,

04:24with galleries 10 to 13 feet high.

04:26Sometimes there are three or even four levels.

04:30This is from encyclopedia.com.

04:32But is that,

04:34are they talking about Paris?

04:36Or in general?

04:38So I think it gave us just a general answer

04:41about catacombs and not the ones that are in Paris,

04:44which is a bummer.

04:45Tell me about Paris.

04:47Here's some info about Paris.

04:49How big is it?

04:50Paris has an area of 1,102 square miles.

04:54How deep are the catacombs?

04:55The Paris catacombs are typically around 25 meters deep,

05:00approximately five stories below the city surface.

05:03This is from biotravelers.com.

05:06What time do they open?

05:08It has closed for the day.

05:11What time do they open tomorrow?

05:13It's open tomorrow from 9.45 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.

05:18Wow, so I could go much further

05:20with the new Siri in this particular case.

05:22And that's another point for a new Siri.

05:25On to a sports question.

05:27Who do the New York Jets play this weekend?

05:29The Jets play the Steelers on Sunday,

05:318, 8, 20 p.m.

05:33Who's favored to win?

05:36I found this on the web.

05:38Yeah, that's a fail.

05:40Who do the New York Jets play this weekend?

05:43The Jets meet the Steelers on Sunday at 8, 20 p.m.

05:46Who's favored to win?

05:49I'm hearing that the Jets are favored

05:51to defeat the Steelers by two points.

05:54What's the over-under?

05:56The over-under for the Jets.

05:58Steelers game is 38.5.

06:01Okay, that's pretty good.

06:02Who's the quarterback?

06:05Here's what I found.

06:08It's such a basic question.

06:09I mean, it's good that we got

06:10all of those follow-up questions right,

06:12but, like, I should be able to say

06:13who's the quarterback and hear Aaron Rodgers.

06:16But still, New Siri wins.

06:19All right, let's get into some trivia and science.

06:21How far is the moon?

06:23The average distance between Earth and the moon

06:25is 238,856 miles.

06:28How long would it take to drive there?

06:30One sec.

06:31Historically, most crude lunar missions

06:33have taken about three days to reach the moon.

06:36This is from howstuffworks.com.

06:39But that's not driving.

06:40That's flying.

06:41All right, New Siri, you're up.

06:43How far is the moon?

06:45The average distance between Earth and the moon

06:48is 238,856 miles.

06:51How long would it take to drive there?

06:54On average, the moon is 238,900 miles,

06:59384,472 kilometers from Earth.

07:03If you could drive a car at 60 miles per hour,

07:0695 kilometers per hour,

07:08through space to the lunar surface,

07:09it would take you about six months

07:11to arrive at your dusty moon destination.

07:14This answer is from howstuffworks.com.

07:18I guess that's where the dusty comes from.

07:19I'd probably go at least 80,

07:20because there's no cops.

07:22So another victory for New Siri.

07:24All right, so what about knowledge of the iPhone itself?

07:27How do I record my screen?

07:30Here's what I found.

07:32Okay, links off to the web.

07:34Not that helpful.

07:35How do I record my screen?

07:38Here's how to record your screen.

07:40First, go to settings, then control center,

07:43then tap next to screen recording.

07:45Second, open control center.

07:47Tap, then wait for the three-second count.

07:49Okay, you got it, you got it.

07:51And third, to stop recording,

07:53tap the red circle at the top of the screen,

07:55then tap.

07:56I tried to interrupt, but it didn't work.

07:59Gave you more insight, obviously,

08:01and step-by-step instructions,

08:02but it might be cool to actually walk you through the steps

08:05on your iPhone itself, maybe for version two.

08:07Let's talk about the weather.

08:08What's the weather going to be this weekend?

08:11Expect some clear skies this weekend.

08:14When's the next chance of rain?

08:15It doesn't look like it's going to rain today.

08:19What about for the next 10 days?

08:22Looks like there will be partly cloudy skies

08:24and clear skies between today and next Saturday.

08:27How about in Chicago?

08:30Expect some clear skies in Chicago, Illinois, this weekend.

08:33What's the 10-day?

08:36Expect cloudy skies, partly cloudy skies,

08:39and clear skies in Chicago, Illinois,

08:41between today and next Saturday.

08:43That's pretty good for old Siri.

08:45What's the weather this weekend?

08:49Should be sunny this weekend.

08:52Is there a chance of rain?

08:54It doesn't look like it's going to rain today.

08:56What about for the next 10 days?

08:59There's a slight chance it'll rain on Thursday.

09:01How about in Chicago?

09:03It doesn't look like it's going to rain

09:05through October 26th in Chicago, Illinois.

09:08Pretty good.

09:09So I would give a slight edge to the new Siri

09:11because it not only switched automatically to the new city,

09:14it also kept the presence or the persistence of the 10-day forecast.

09:19Overall, I think it's clear that the new Siri is the winner with Apple Intelligence.

09:23There's some areas where it fell down,

09:25but overall it won more rounds,

09:27and I think it has better contextual intelligence.

09:29I also like the fact that you can ask follow-up questions

09:31without having to press the button,

09:32and the glow is kind of nice,

09:34but I think it's also persistent to let you know that it's still listening,

09:37which I think is a good thing.

09:39There's still a lot more that Apple needs to add

09:41in terms of being able to, for example, voice control your apps,

09:44and I think it'll get better over time,

09:46but I think if you are able to get the new Siri,

09:49which means you need to have a new iPhone 15 Pro or newer,

09:51it may be worth the upgrade for you.

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10:01to just learn more about what Siri brings to the table

10:04and the new iPhones.

10:05For Tom's Guide, this is Mark Spoonhour.

10:07What time do they open?

10:08It has closed for the day.

10:11What time do they open?

10:12I don't have hours for there.

10:14But you just told me when they closed.

10:15You just told me when they closed.

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