iPhone taught to speak Russian

In the beta version of iOS 8.3 voice assistant Siri has learned to understand and respond in Russian. Russian Siri can already talk to the creators of the application, and with the release of the final update, it will be available to everyone.

In the next beta version of iOS 8.3 Siri got a few new languages. Besides Russian, she learned to speak Swedish, Danish, Dutch and Thai. In addition, in the system there were new Emoji emoticons that are designed to make people's abundance. In addition to the existing smileys with fair skin, has arisen among other things brown and yellow Emoji.

Siri allows you to control the phone by voice, for example, write SMS, set the clock, to outline the steps in the calendar or to write on Twitter. In addition, it has the specific sense of humor and can answer abstract questions like "what is the meaning of life" and "who made you" also to perform extraordinary wishes, for example, "tell the tale". This artificial intelligence gradually learns, over time, understanding the "owner" of a half word. Public beta should appear in the middle of March 2015, reports 9to5mac. The final iOS 8.3 will probably immediately with the entrance to the implementation of smart watches Apple Watch.

Siri is available for all smartphones iPhone 4S and newer, iPad third generation and newer, and iPod Touch. The closest analogue of Siri from other firms is the Google voice search that understands Russian language, also Cortana Microsoft, which will become a part coming in 2015 Windows 10. Cortana still does not recognize the Russian language.

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