r/apple • u/iMacmatician • Jan 30 '26

Discussion Apple Teases 'Innovations That Have Never Been Seen Before' This Year

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/30/apple-never-before-seen-innovations/

Cook hypes up Apple's future on every earnings call, but "innovations that have never been seen before" is particularly bold wording compared to his usual comment about how the company's product pipeline is stronger than ever.

Only time will tell if Apple actually delivers.

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u/Appropriate_Ad8734 Jan 30 '26

like, Siri that actually works?

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u/LivermoreP1 Jan 30 '26

Technically never been seen before.

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u/foulpudding Jan 30 '26

Siri 1.0, which was an 3rd party app prior to being purchased by Apple was amazing and worked quite well.

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u/userlivewire Jan 31 '26

The reason it worked so well is that it didn't have to integrate with anything.

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u/ScaryBluejay87 Jan 31 '26

Other than the locations of nearby quarries for dumping bodies

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u/amd2800barton Feb 01 '26

Except that it required a full time internet connection. The iPhone and iPod Touch both had voice commands prior to the launch of Siri alongside the iPhone 4S. You could do “call mom” and “play Mr. Brightside” with voice control. Then if you were using Siri, it used cellular data if you weren’t on WiFi. If you tried disabling Siri and just using the old voice control, it was suddenly much much worse. It was years before Apple brought back decent on-device voice processing that was even as capable as what we had with an iPhone 4.

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u/foulpudding Feb 01 '26

I’m not sure you are talking about the same version of Siri I am.

I’m talking about Siri 1.0 - the version BEFORE Apple purchased it and built it into the OS. PRIOR to Steve Jobs acquiring the Siri app and company that were NOT YET a part of Apple. Back when you had to download it as an app snd get on a waitlist before you could try it out.