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Re:Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer API, benchmarked against Whisp... by kridsdale1 on Monday July 13, 2026 @12:39PM (#48895218)
I’m on iPhone 17 Pro Max, 27 beta 3.

New Siri is impressive in that it answers satisfactorily now 80% of the time vs 10% with old Siri.

But it’s slow as shit. GPT, Claude, and Gemini can answer me in 5-10 seconds. Google AI Mode can answer in 2 seconds.

New Siri usually takes 25 seconds to respond to me. This morning it timed out (with strong network connection) when asked a simple multiplication question.

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Re:Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer API, benchmarked against Whisp... by paul7986 on Monday July 13, 2026 @12:52PM (#48895425)
Damn slow on your newer phone too.
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Re:Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer API, benchmarked against Whisp... by rconti on Monday July 13, 2026 @02:28PM (#48896738)
That's crappy, but it's also a beta, so it's not yet time to render a verdict.
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Re:Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer API, benchmarked against Whisp... by efreak on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @02:59AM (#48903148)
Last time I asked my Google speaker for a simple multiplication (#00 x #, embarrassingly), it started with "on the website facebook.com". I'm not sure if this is a good comparison.
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