Apple is turning Siri into your own personal secretary

Adding to the ever-growing list of ways that Siri can be of assistance to you, Apple is reportedly testing a new feature for the digital assistant that allows it to listen to and transcribe your voicemails for you. Apparently this feature won’t make its way to iOS until iOS 10 is released in 2016, so don’t hold your breath, but its definitely something to be excited for nonetheless. 

Apple is reportedly testing a service that will have its voice driven personal assistant, Siri, answer phone calls when a user is unavailable and then transcribe voicemails to text so that they can be quickly read. Apple’s so-called “iCloud Voicemail” feature is said to be in the works for a 2016 launch, according to Business Insider. When an iPhone owner is unavailable, Siri will answer the call and can share information, such as where the recipient is and why they can’t take the call. Employees at Apple are said to be testing the feature currently, though it isn’t expected to launch until next year, presumably with an iOS 10 upgrade. With an iCloud Voicemail service, Apple would bypass carrier voicemail altogether, offering its own alternative. When the first iPhone debuted in 2007, Apple’s proprietary Visual Voicemail feature was one of the main selling points of the product.