Apple"s Siri Could Decline Phone Calls With Context-Sensitive Text Responses In The Future
Over the years, distraction from our smartphones when driving has been a major problem, and now it seem Apple wants to solve this problem to some extent. “Do Not Disturb”, a feature introduced as part of iOS 11, was introduced to help reduce the distraction from message notification and calls while a user’s is driving lesson during workout. Apple published a patent application on Thursday to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for "Intelligent Digital Assistant for “ ending incoming calls”. The application is aimed at allowing Siri or any another digital assistant device fix the problem of distractions while driving by declining calls and explain in a message why users can pick accept the calls. According to the application, the process will happen when an incoming video or voice call is detected, during that process the Siri or digital assistant devices will try and gather as much information about the user"s location or situation whether he is on ...