New Apple TV may add Siri assistant function

By now, TV boxes are nothing new, and many manufacturers have launched TV boxes with their own characteristics. Currently, Amazon's Fire TV is the only streaming TV that supports voice search. However, it has been rumored for a long time that Apple may release a new TV box with many new features, including the possibility of watching some cable TV content after reaching an agreement with Comcast. Recently, some new information has surfaced, saying that Apple is also developing a way to put the Siri voice assistant into Apple TV.

In the past few days, a developer named Pierre Blazquez noticed that there are some "very interesting" codes in iOS 7.1 and iOS 7.1.1 systems. As we all know, the latter has just been made public in the past few days. This interesting code refers to the number "3", as you can see from the picture below. 9to5Mac explained that this is the logo that Apple usually uses on its Apple TV products. This is certainly not a big problem, but Blazque found that this logo "3" referring to Apple TV exists in the Siri resources in iOS 7.1, so things become much more interesting. It seems that Apple is also building Siri support for its set-top boxes, otherwise there is really no need to introduce Apple TV related logos into the Siri code.

Once Siri is built into Apple TV, it can do many things. The most obvious benefit is that it can search for apps in Apple TV, ask for weather information, search for music, etc. If an agreement is reached with Comcast, it can also switch channels by voice, which is really convenient. After so much excitement, it is a pity that there is still no answer to when the new Apple TV set-top box will be available on the market. We can only wait and see.

In the past few days, a developer named Pierre Blazquez noticed that there are some "very interesting" codes in iOS 7.1 and iOS 7.1.1 systems. As we all know, the latter has just been made public in the past few days. This interesting code refers to the number "3", as you can see from the picture below. 9to5Mac explained that this is the logo that Apple usually uses on its Apple TV products. This is certainly not a big problem, but Blazque found that this logo "3" referring to Apple TV exists in the Siri resources in iOS 7.1, so things become much more interesting. It seems that Apple is also building Siri support for its set-top boxes, otherwise there is really no need to introduce Apple TV related logos into the Siri code.

Once Siri is built into Apple TV, it can do many things. The most obvious benefit is that it can search for apps in Apple TV, ask for weather information, search for music, etc. If an agreement is reached with Comcast, it can also switch channels by voice, which is really convenient. After so much excitement, it is a pity that there is still no answer to when the new Apple TV set-top box will be available on the market. We can only wait and see.

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