Apple is on an acquisition spree to make sure that its services and offerings are top-notch in the increasing competition. The company has already made clear that iPhone and hardware are no longer its priority, and the company is focusing on services to make sure that it retains its space as the top tech firm in the world.
Apple Acquires Voysis to Enhance Siri capabilities
This Week Apple acquired Voysis, which is an AI-based startup that works on voice technology along with the acquisition of Dark Sky. While Dark Sky is a famous Weather Predictive App, Voysis is an AI voice startup which works on Natural language analysis and is seen as a boon for enhancing Apple’s Voice based assistant Siri.
Siri is not yet as smart as Google Assistant and Alexa
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Right now, Siri is extensively used by the Apple users for answering the basic queries like time, search everyday items, telling the weather, and help to make calls, however, it is not as exact and dexterous as Google Assistant or Alexa. The other two famous voice assistants are believed to be much smarter.
Voysis Technology to Enhance Siri
Apple’s acquisition of Voysis is a boon for Siri as the company’s technology may help to enhance the capabilities of Siri and make it smarter. Voysis works on the AI voice technology to emulate and process the natural user language in a more effective manner. This will help Siri to be more intuitive, and understanding of the user commands.
Voysis to use its AI Voice Technology for Siri
The Dublin Based Startup is working ahead in this technology and can aid Siri to leap the existing voice assistants like Alexa and Google Assistant.
Apple made no Official Announcement
Apple announced in a statement that “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.”. However, no official confirmation of the acquisition is on the record yet.
Voysis Website is Down
The speculations are confirmed as the Voysis website is now offline, and the various social media handles and accounts of the company are inactive. The acquisition is not yet verified. However, the market reports suggest the same.