Siri's New Look on iOS 18.1: What's Really Changed

The article discusses the new features and changes coming to Siri with the iOS 18.1 update, including a new design with edge-lit animation for users with Apple Intelligence activated on their devices. However, the author notes that despite the visual changes, Siri's capabilities have not significantly improved. The update does include some minor behavioral changes such as better understanding of garbled or mis-spoken queries and the ability to present steps from Apple’s official documentation when asked about how to do things on a user’s device. The article also discusses future updates, including iOS 18.2 which will include ChatGPT integration, and iOS 18.4 which will introduce personal context answering abilities and new in-app actions. While these future updates promise to enhance Siri's capabilities, the author cautions against expecting too much from the current update.