New Virtual Helper Challenges Siri

True Knowledge is hoping the semantic database it has built up over the past few years could provide this edge.

Evi’s availability and promise as an artificial intelligence app, coupled with its low price (99 cents on the iPhone and free on Android phones), caused its popularity to skyrocket following its Monday release, and made it difficult for those downloading it to try it out. Evi isn’t the only Siri competitor—and in fact its capabilities are somewhat different from Siri’s offerings—but plenty of smart-phone users, it seems, are eager for Evi’s help in particular.
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Essentially, the app takes your spoken or typed question and uses its vast store of knowledge along with outside data from websites like Yelp to give pertinent answers. This is similar to how Siri works, but Apple’s assistant focuses more on accomplishing tasks, such as making calls, setting alerts, or dictating text messages, by working with the iPhone’s other apps. Evi does not do these things, but Tunstall-Pedoe says it will eventually be able to take on more tasks.

New Virtual Helper Challenges Siri – Technology Review

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