Now when you’re looking for a great place to grab dinner, get your haircut, or find an awesome dog walker for your K9 companion, Siri can help – with ratings. With the launch of iOS 5.1 last week, Apple added deeper Yelp integration for the built-in personal assistant.
Yelp business information has been integrated into Siri’s search results since the launch of the iPhone 4S last year. So, if you asked Siri where the best place is to grab a cup of coffee, she would search through Yelp’s reviews to find the greatest cup of Joe near your currently location. Previously, clicking on a search result, however, would map out directions to a particular business rather than take you to its profile page so you’ll know how to get to that coffee but not much more about it.
Now when you search for a locksmith, ice cream parlor, or pizza joint, Siri will display the same search results from Yelp. However, tapping on a particular business will take you to that businesses’ profile page on Yelp so you can read more about it and decide if you really want to head that way — bridging the gap between finding out if a business exists and getting directions there.
Yelp and Google Maps are currently two of the few services that Siri uses to provide search results. Apple has not announced plans for when — or if — other developers will ever get a crack at Siri’s API.
Do any of you currently use Siri to find restaurants or other suggestions? Let us know what you think about Apple’s deeper Yelp integration in the comments.
Source: Mashable
0 comments:
Post a Comment