Apple might be engaged on the potential of bringing its Siri digital assistant to new varieties of equipment, in accordance with a trademark submitting.
Whereas Apple already owns the trademark for Siri, an extension of that trademark has been filed that would open the door to the digital assistant being utilized in other ways and presumably making the leap to the kitchen and past.
It is after all true that Siri has its issues and Apple’s personal growth groups are regarded as at loggerheads over the assistant, however the thought of Siri being locked in a toaster is fascinating all the identical — and it might immediately turn into the finest HomeKit accent of all time.
So many potentialities
The brand new trademark extension was reported by Patently Apple (opens in new tab) and opens the door to new Siri-powered equipment.
“Whereas Siri works with a big selection of gadgets, the brand new trademark covers new entries resembling home equipment resembling cooking ovens, stoves, ranges, and toasters; fridges and freezers; dishwashers; laundry washers and dryers and way more,” the report notes.
The brand new submitting for a trademark extension signifies that there will likely be an extended checklist of equipment that Siri might theoretically work with whereas nonetheless being coated. These embrace “equipment for lighting, heating, cooling, air-con, humidifying, dehumidifying, ventilating, cooking, refrigerating, washing, drying, plumbing, water provide, and sanitary functions; gentle bulbs, lights, and lamps; furnaces, heaters, water heaters, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, air conditioners, electrical followers, and fireplaces; cooking ovens, stoves, ranges, and toasters; fridges and freezers; dishwashers; laundry washers and dryers; scorching tubs, bathtubs, showers, and sinks, and fixtures for the foregoing; digital room temperature, humidity, and air high quality sensors.”
What Apple intends to do with this extension is not clear after all, however we are able to solely hope that Siri will get some much-needed love earlier than we have now to depend on utilizing it to show the laundry on.
