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Apple appears to be testing a new type of Siri response in Spotlight that will answer some questions directly instead of displaying a list of web results.
Apple's latest Spotlight tests have already been discovered by some users and commented on Reddit. The company appears to be trying to teach Siri a new search results format. When a question is entered into the search, a list of websites is previously displayed. Now, Apple appears to be expanding this by directly displaying an answer to the question. The source and a "Report a Problem" button are also displayed. Apple is constantly expanding Siri's knowledge base, but now Cupertino seems to be looking to expand it with the help of websites. (How to use Siri on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, etc.)
Currently only available for US users
If Siri doesn't know what to do next, she suggests a few websites to the user - in order to speed up the answering process, Apple's assistant seems to have received an update to its algorithms. These enable the smart assistant to search various websites for a possible answer. This new feature is obviously a significant extension of the actual technology. Basically, it can now precisely analyze the websites it finds and extract relevant text passages - an intelligent search for results. The new web answers in Spotlight are currently only available to iOS users in the USA. It is assumed that Apple will expand the innovations to other countries in the near future. (Photo by DedMityay / Bigstockphoto)
