Ondrej Holzman Voice assistants are becoming an increasingly important part of mobile devices as they gain capabilities, so it's important that users know about them and know how to use them. In the new advertisement for Siri, Apple therefore bet on a really strong caliber, the popular actor Dwayne Johnson, who calls himself The Rock.
The actor himself unleashed quite a storm on Twitter even before the release of the almost four-minute ad, where he wrote, that he "teamed up with Apple to create the biggest, coolest, sexiest, funniest movie ever." OF film eventually turned out to be a spot The Rock x Siri Dominate the Day, which is on Apple's channel on Youtube.
Apple writes about the new ad:
You should never, under any circumstances, underestimate how much Dwayne Johnson can do with Siri in a single day. Watch the world's busiest actor and Siri dominate the day. For more information about Siri, visit http://siri.com
On the mentioned website, The Rock immediately jumps out at you and the message "Hey Siri, show me my Life Goals list" (Siri, show me my list of life goals), which is one of the thirteen cases in which Dwayne Johnson uses Siri in the commercial.
During his busy day, The Rock uses Apple's voice assistant to order a taxi (Lyft), check the calendar, the weather, create reminders or ask about unit conversion while cooking. So it's nothing groundbreaking, but Apple managed to get everything basic and essential that a user should know about Siri into a rather entertaining ad.
Now it's just enough that they continue to work on voice assistance in Cupertino and users can be sure that it will really work as perfectly as the one that The Rock has, and also that we in the Czech Republic, for example, can use it in the future.
Teamed w/ @Apple to make the biggest, coolest, sexiest, funnest (is that a word?) movie ever. Drops TOMORROW!#ROCKxSIRI #DominateYourDay? pic.twitter.com/STwlCPsVUh
- Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) July 23, 2017
If only it were in Czech... Anyway, a few "easter eggs" in the ad were also amusing :-)
Even if it's on the road, I don't think a lot of people will start using it anyway...
That's kind of a bummer for me... The only thing that matters to me is that when I use Siri in English, it doesn't support dictation in Czech... If she could handle this (and that dictation works well in Czech), then I'm bummer that I speak to her in English …
yes, like that, I'll get it.
I usually come across that people are constantly swearing, that something doesn't exist or that they are insulting our region. Then it appears and no one notices it anyway :D
You are not alone, I also have such experiences. Anyway, I don't use Siri like The Rock, but for example, if I need to write an SMS in the car without taking my eyes off the road, she would be good for that. For example, letting someone know that I am already on my way and will arrive in such and such a time and such.
I'm using AW at the moment when I really only minimally take my eyes off the road, but it's still too much and I'd like "Hey Siri" to help me with that. It's true that if I'm in the city, I prefer to send SMS in English, because I know that for example my wife will understand, but unfortunately not everyone understands English :-(
Yes, my neighbors would give an SMS in English, but they probably wouldn't understand why ;-).
The dictation would certainly be great, and it also depends on us how often people try and correct it, because the basic database does it, and when it starts to get full, they will hopefully bring it to the right end at Apple. So write to the very beginning :-).
So at home with HomePod, I will definitely bother her, at least from the beginning, like on a mobile :-).
PS: I have already seen the name "correction" setting. So you don't have to call me "Ziřííí" :-D. And dialing "Miláček" is also quite difficult ;-).
Then it's more fun than saving time or work. Just hold the phone to your mouth like in those commercials and you look like an idiot ;-).
Hopefully it will change when I have a HomePod at home, then I'll probably try to mess with it, not just play music.
Then only the services will be missing, such as find me a meal, find me a meal nearby at a good price, etc...
Question:-) I use it at home so that it is in the next room on the cupboard :-) In the car it is in a holder, so the fact that it has to be right next to the mouth is just too much :-)