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Siri was probably the first voice assistant that the world got to know.
However, even though Apple had a big head start with Siri, Amazon and Google are eating Apple’s smart assistant lunch.
Let’s see how we got from Siri being first to Siri being not so first.
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This is the rundown jumping around to different sections If you want, I won’t mind.
Let’s set the stage.
It’s April 2010.
the Marvel Cinematic Universe is made up of three movies two Iron Man flicks and the Incredible Hulk.
Clearly this is a different world.
April 2010 is also an apple acquire Siri.
That’s right.
Apple bought Siri from another company.
It was not a homegrown project.
Before this deal.
Siri was available in the app store as a regular app.
After the deal.
Siri was removed from the Apple App Store and would not be seen for a little bit.
Fast forward to October 2011, and it’s time for…