iPhones are hard to use

Re:iPhones are hard to use by nemothekid on Monday October 22, 2018 @08:43PM (#18279900)

It's a niche feature that has been there since at least iOS 4, (or at least I've known about it since iPhone 4, when I had the time to meticulously comb through every app on my Phone), but it wasn't actually useful until several interations of Siri later.

Relationships is one of the features, to me that feels like Apple ended up building functionality on top of years after the feature was released, but since it was useless for so long nobody ever uses it.

Did you know not only could you specify your relationships, but other people's relationship's as well? I'm not sure if Siri lets you contact people this way ("Call John's mom"), but I wouldn't be surprised if a hidden update to Siri enabled this feature as well.

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Re:iPhones are hard to use by gumby on Monday October 22, 2018 @11:45PM (#18280588)

> It's a niche feature that has been there since at least iOS 4

FWIW it's been in the MAC address book since the original OS X (jag-wire?)

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Re:iPhones are hard to use by angott on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @03:37AM (#18281469)

Yes, the feature has been there since iOS 1.0. Siri on iOS 4.0 started making use of it to enable voice commands (e.g. “call Mom”)

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Re:iPhones are hard to use by toxik on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @04:09AM (#18281618)

You can also tell Siri relationships, “x is my brother”

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