Tech companies involved in
developing personal assistant software would probably like to promote their
assistant as, if not yet able to answer all questions, can at least answer more
questions than the other company’s assistant can. But when a tech company like
Apple is trying to keep an upcoming special event under wraps, they probably
should have taken the time to keep it a secret even from their own personal
assistant, Siri. When an Apple device user asked Siri when the company’s “next
event” will be, the PA answered that it will be next week.
As The Verge would have it, Apple users have cottoned on to how Siri
might be spoiling when Apple is going to hold an upcoming event, probably to
showcase some new gadget. Questioning Siri to the effect of “When is the next
Apple event?” will have her answering Tuesday next week, April 20. The strange
thing is that the event has a venue, the usual place at Cupertino, California’s
Apple Park. It even has a link to Apple’s website, particularly the page where
they would post notices on any such events they are having, but no occasion
dated April 20 has been listed so far.
Testing by The Verge reveals that the April 20 Apple event notice as given by
Siri would only sound out on an Apple device that has an Apple ID from a US
user. Standard practice by the tech giant regarding events is that they give
out invitations a week in advance. Also raising questions is the Apple Park
venue. Due to obvious reasons (pandemic) most Apple events in the past have
been pre-recorded affairs that are then streamed online. It is hard to tell yet
if the situation in California has improved enough that they could have a live
audience in Cupertino, but probably not.
Regarding what might be revealed
by this Apple event, there are some possibilities. They range from mundane as
the new iPad Pros, one with a Mini LED screen, to something major like the
official introduction of the location tracking device AirTags, which when stuck
to any object can make them visible on the Find My Phone network search
software. It may finally see the light of day after its original 2020 launch
date never materialized.
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