Apple's New Siri AI Brings Conversational Assistance Across Devices

Apple has given Siri a major artificial-intelligence upgrade.

The new Siri can understand longer conversations and remember what people were discussing.

It can answer complicated questions instead of mainly sending users to a web search.

Siri can also show references so users can check where information came from.

Simple tasks like setting alarms and reminders still happen quickly on the device.

It can search photos using descriptions such as clothing, locations, and seasons.

Siri looks different on an iPhone and a Mac, and a new app keeps conversations in one place.

The reviewer said the early experience makes Siri feel more useful than before, although the assessment was based on only a few days of use.