She’d dropped the iPhone in her panic, but shouted to the virtual assistant to call an ambulance.
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In new iPads and iPhones, users can activate the AI assistant by saying “hey Siri”.
About 2% of iPhone owners never used Siri and only 4% of Android owners have never used OK Google, which suggests those who own the phone do indeed call on the powers of the digital personas.
However, she was still able to make that vital emergency call – thanks to Siri.
“Before I knew it the ambulance was on its way and Giana was breathing again”, Gleeson added. It was first introduced on the iPhone 4s and has been included on all Apple devices since October 2012.
Without a hitch, Siri called for an ambulance and put the phone on speaker so that Gleeson could inform the operator about the situation and send medical professionals to her residence. Speaking to 7 News, she said: “I picked her up and sat down with her on the floor and as I checked her airways”.
Out of the 500 consumers surveyed, over 90 per cent of respondents have used the voice assistants that came with their smartphones; either Siri iOS or Google Voice Commands for Android.
As reported by BBC, 1-year-old Giana was already suffering from a chest infection and bronchiolitis when she suddenly stopped breathing. However, it was found that most of the time (70% for Siri and 62% for OK Google), they only used the features rarely or “sometimes”. Those who used iPhone were more likely to use Siri in the auto over Android users using OK Google in a margin of 62% to 37%.
Mom says Giana has made a full recovery.
Approximately 39 percent of consumers use their voice assistant in their home, 51 percent in the auto, but only 1.3 percent at work and 6 percent in public.
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These words may have saved one-year-old Giana Glesson’s life. Siri is also expected to finally appear on MacOS (laptops and desktops) or OS X at the WWDC announcement.
