Apple Updates Siri To Help Answer Questions About COVID-19

JAKARTA - Smart assistant service, Siri can now respond to questions about the COVID-19 pandemic. Even Siri is able to detect iPhone users or other Apple devices if they experience a corona virus symptom.

Launching the CNBC page, Apple device users can ask Siri if they are indicated or exposed to the Covid-19 disease. Later Siri will provide a number of yes / no questionnaires related to coronavirus.

If the user does not show serious symptoms of COVID-19, such as a dry cough or difficulty breathing. Siri will instruct its users to stay at home and avoid contact with other people.

However, if you show symptoms that are severe or life threatening, Siri can consider contacting medical personnel or calling 911 directly. This virtual assistant will also direct users to health applications on the App Store to consult with medical personnel directly.

In fact, Siri's answers and questionnaires are the result of collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United States Department of Health. Unfortunately, this feature is only available for users in America.

Apple is not the only tech giant that is donating its resources to help health authorities fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Launching from Engadget, Google's parent company, Alphabet, has also launched a separate website dedicated to information services about COVID-19.

Android users, can also ask for this information on the Google Assistan service directly. Where this Google virtual assistant will convey the information it summarizes from its users' news feed page.

This Google digital assistant also directs its users to national news pages related to search results about the corona virus. Quite different from Siri, which actually throws out a questionnaire for its users regarding the symptoms of COVID-19.