Iris, the Siri of Android unveiled

xyho1 · 2011-10-25T11:00:44Z

Iris is similar to Siri, a voice-recognition software system specially crafted to supposedly become our new generation of personal assistants.

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Speed-Racer4605d ago

Fun to talk to but it's definitely not as good as Siri. *android user btw*

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toaster4603d ago

Yep, agreed. It's still quite buggy as well and sometimes would take 5 minutes to reply.

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fatstarr4601d ago

at least its an addon app and not an whole entire update. lol

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-Mezzo-4605d ago

I just found out about this, getting it right now.

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NiKK_4194604d ago

Wow, the jokes people were making actually came true.

Except it was Iris and not something sounding like a Siri ripoff /s

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Fel084604d ago

Couldn't they have a least come up with another name???

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ssb31734604d ago

Iris is just Siri spelt backwards... very origional :L

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Speed-Racer4604d ago

You just realised this.

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TheEatingVodka4604d ago

You're a genius!

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ssb31734604d ago

yeah... what a comedian -__-

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fatstarr4601d ago

Hahah I love this site, too funny

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TVippy4603d ago

Actually it's the other way around. What's Siri? Have you ever heard that name? Apple took Iris and spelled it backwards, for a reason.

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Trenta274603d ago

Siri was out long before Apple decided to use it. It was even an app in the store for awhile. Get your facts straight.

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TVippy4602d ago

I obviously mean they took the female name Iris, not the name of the Android product.

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fatstarr4601d ago

siri to me seems like that site called... clever bot.

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E2M4604d ago

spell iris the other way round its siri

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Mozilla894604d ago

Hey! Hey! Guess what! Iris spelled backward is Siri!!!

Sorry :p I couldn't help it.

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colonel1794604d ago (Edited 4604d ago )

OMG, Google doesn't even try to hide the fact that they just blatantly copy Apple. I wish Steve Jobs had the time to destroy them. Hate when a company do that. Why can't they think their own products? You may say is competition, but one thing is take the inspiration of a product to build your own, and another completely different is just rip them off.

Oh, and now expect every phone to have some kind of assistant in a few months, just like every phone was an iPhone look-alike since the iPhone launched.

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Speed-Racer4604d ago

Idiotic comment. Google did not make the app. Why don't you do your research before throwing blame?

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Shackdaddy8364604d ago (Edited 4604d ago )

You bash Google, you're my new enemy. Google has been the best employers I have ever had in my life (even though I did get stuck with a Software Engineering job instead of my degree...)

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gaden_malak4604d ago

Iris was the messenger of the Gods in greek mythology (essentially a female Hermes). It's not such a far-fetched name (but still a copy).

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hesido4604d ago

Probably Siri was meant to be Iris spelled backwards, right from the start, intended by Apple. Now that you mention what Iris is.

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TVippy4603d ago

Of course it was, isn't it obvious?

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Baka-akaB4603d ago

But Siri is a scandinavian name too . an abreviation of Sigrid , wich mean "victory"

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twora4599d ago

anybody who says droid isnt a copy of apple is a fool.

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duplissi4599d ago (Edited 4599d ago )

and you are obviously too much of a fool if you think that, also you lack basic reading skills... iris is developed by an independent developer (Dexetra) not google. android is no more a copy of ios than linux is a copy of windows or OS X

btw "droid" is a phone line from verizon, which couldnt be further from apple's design philosophies, i believe you meant android.

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