I replaced Siri with Perplexity iOS Voice Assistant on my iPhone. I was surprised at the huge functional gulf, and I am never going to Apple's voice assistant.

For as long as I've had an iPhone (17 years), Siri was my go-to for most of the basics. From setting alarms, sending quick texts, and occasionally triggering chaos when it mistook “Play Beyoncé” for “Call Brian.” But now that Perplexity AI’ s voice assistant has landed on iOS, I’ve realized just how much I’ve been settling.

Perplexity AI has brought a new voice assistant to iOS The assistant can open apps like OpenTable or YouTube and prefill tasks like reservations or video searches Perplexity offers a streamlined alternative to Siri that may beat the native voice assistant in most ways AI conversational search engine Perplexity is coming for Siri in the form of a new iOS voice assistant.