October 14, 2011
iPhone 4S released
Apple released the iPhoneApple's smartphone line — touch-first mobile computing and the App Store ecosystem since 2007. 4S on October 14, 2011 — introducing Siri and the A5 chip in the iPhoneApple's smartphone line — touch-first mobile computing and the App Store ecosystem since 2007. 4 body.
What it was for
Siri brought voice-driven assistants to mainstream smartphones and gave developers a speech APIApplication programming interface — a defined way for programs to talk to each other or to a service. path through iOSApple's mobile operating system — runs iPhone and iPad with a sandboxed app ecosystem. integration. The 4S also shipped an 8 MP camera that raised mobile photography expectations for app developers building camera workflows.
Companies
- Apple
Why it's here
The 4S launched Siri — the assistant that pushed every platform to add voice interfaces.
Why it mattered
Voice control and better cameras expanded what mobile apps could assume about device capabilities.
What it solved
Smartphones lacked credible on-device voice assistants integrated with third-party services.
Media
ImageIPhone 4sZach Vega, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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