Apple’s Siri
In case you were wondering what the fuss over new Siri is, then here’s a quick update: Siri AI is Apple’s upgraded voice assistant, designed to understand conversational requests and use context from what users are viewing. Apple has connected it more closely with apps, allowing developers to make searches, information and actions accessible through Siri. Instead of remembering a fixed command, users can describe what they want or refer to something on screen.
“Users can discover experiences within District through Siri’s Search in App and Visual Intelligence,” said Adarsh Singh, software development engineer at District. “It also shifted our approach towards making District’s experiences accessible beyond the app itself,” Singh said. The company exposed its search capabilities and booking data through App Intents.
Most developers described English support on compatible Apple Intelligence devices, with newer capabilities tied to iOS 27.
“That made us separate what the app does from how it looks,” Santhosh said. District said its Visual Search supports Hindi and English. Noteshelf says it uses on-device processing and makes notebook information searchable through Spotlight. Signeasy says its contract summaries use Apple’s on-device Foundation Models, keeping document content on the phone. Mood Dial says matching a request to an existing station happens locally.
Making these actions available required developers to rethink how their apps function. Apple’s App Intents framework lets them expose individual capabilities—such as searching, retrieving information or creating content—to the operating system. A small team built Signeasy’s integration alongside regular releases, with document-related actions accessible through multiple entry points. Availability also varies. Older, fixed Siri commands can remain available separately. Data handling differs by action. Creating a new station sends the user’s sentence to its server under an anonymous identifier, with confirmation required before creation. Health data is excluded from Siri requests.
An action previously tied to a particular screen must work independently.
District reported 1,897 successful Visual Intelligence fetches, 329 Search in App queries and 287 booking lookups. Clear requests therefore start playback silently; ambiguous ones prompt clarification.
“Earlier, users had to set up Shortcuts or remember specific phrases to trigger an action,” said Rama Krishna, founder of Fluid Touch, which develops Noteshelf. “Siri also understands what’s on screen, even handwritten notes, so users can ask questions about their notes and add the answers back in,” Krishna said. “Earlier, Siri could open Signeasy or run a fixed Shortcut, and that was about it,” said Santhosh J, head of mobile at Signeasy. “The integration took more than 10 weeks of coordinated effort between Glance’s product and technology teams and Apple’s WWDR India team,” said Arvind Jayaprakash, senior vice-president, technology, Glance. “Glance helps users discover products that match their preferences, but it doesn’t complete purchases on their behalf,” Jayaprakash said. “Now you can just say how you feel,” said founder Mohit Nandwani. “I took the talking out,” Nandwani said, explaining that speech after playback begins pauses the music.
New Delhi: Finding a contract, checking a movie booking or searching handwritten notes no longer necessarily requires opening an app and navigating its menus. Indian developers are integrating their services with Apple ’s upgraded Siri, allowing users to describe what they need and retrieve information or trigger actions through voice commands. District, Glance, Noteshelf, Signeasy and Mood Dial are among the apps adopting these capabilities. Users can now make conversational requests and refer to information already displayed on their screens. In Noteshelf, users can ask where they wrote about a Chennai trip, seek an explanation of a diagram or request a summary to be added to an existing note. The integration makes handwritten material accessible through these requests. The same shift is taking place in document management. Signeasy users can retrieve a named contract, check documents awaiting signatures or ask Siri to open an item from the list on screen. For consumer apps, that approach creates another route to discovery. District, part of Eternal, lets users search for experiences and retrieve information about dining, movie and event bookings. Glance is using Siri to deliver shopping recommendations based on preferences including style, fit, budget and favourite brands. Users can see recommendations in Siri’s response or continue browsing in Glance. However, discovery does not extend to completing a purchase. Users are directed to merchants to review products and pay. For Mood Dial, a music app for Apple Music subscribers, conversational requests replace the need to remember a station’s exact name. A request for music suited to a quiet, rainy night can select an existing station or initiate the creation of another. The integration also required a less obvious adjustment: reducing Siri’s spoken responses. Whether these interactions generate additional business remains unclear. It did not specify the measurement period or unique-user count. These are interactions, not completed bookings. Glance, Noteshelf and Signeasy have not shared usage figures. Consequential actions retain additional steps. Signeasy requires signing within the app and manual review before sending through Mail; Glance leaves checkout to merchants. Developers have opened new routes into their services, but have yet to demonstrate whether users will regularly choose them over tapping through an app. Can the new and improved Siri AI become a daily habit for users? If app developers continue integrating it and expand on its use cases, then perhaps that’s a possibility. You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.
Their developers say the change goes beyond earlier Siri integrations, which typically required preset commands or Shortcuts.