Good news if you’re an Android user: an “official” Siri app is now available to download from the Android Market, claiming to be the “REAL Siri for Android.” Of course, it’s not official and it’s not real — it’s a shameless rip-off from a developer called “Viewide,” complete with Apple’s own icons.
Despite claiming to the REAL Siri, Electronista notes that “the differing results on the weather widget suggest it’s not actually asking Apple’s servers.” The free app is called Speerit and is currently available only in Korean, but its developer does promise that support for the English language is coming soon. However, I don’t think they’ll have time for that, with Apple’s lawyers likely to be onto them after the news spreads this weekend.
But it’s not the only one in the Android Market. Another app called “Siri for Android” is also available for free, from a developer called “OFFICIAL APP.” Unlike Speerit, however, Siri for Android, clearly states it is just a shortcut for Android’s built-in Google Voice Actions feature, and not an actual Siri clone.
I’m guessing neither of these apps will be around all that long, so if you want them, grab them while you can.
[via The Next Web]
Killian Bell is a freelance writer based in the U.K. He has an interest in all things tech and also covers Android over at CultofAndroid.com. You can follow him on Twitter via @killianbell.
36 responses to ““Official” Siri App Lands In The Android Market”
The android market is full of rip-offs. Remember the fake Netflix App? This is one of the reasons why apple censors the App Store
sheep
The Android market reminds me of the early Palm days when you could get all kinds of dodgy software from various websites that had no checks done on it at all.
The difference is if you screwed up your Palm Pilot it was no big deal, but today your phone is so much more and so much more important. It’s no wonder only young men use Android as they don’t have any serious business to get screwed up when their phone goes south.
If you can take the risk of downloading and playing with stolen and possibly dangerous software like this, then you basically aren’t using your phone for anything serious in the first place and have far too much time on your hands.
bet you have that app downloaded onto your android device…cause you wanna be like an iPhone user sooo bad!
Um, no. All the app does is call Voice Actions. Which is already part of Android. It’s just a app icon of Siri
“It’s no wonder only young men use Android as they don’t have any serious business to get screwed up when their phone goes south.”
Poppycock. The Apple approach is perfect for consumers and non-techs but I argue that Android is for boy geeks only.
The enterprise and the military are just starting to see the benefits of android. It’s open-“ish”, powerful and flexible. It’s no different than any other platform sans iOS – if the user is dumb enough to download and install malware then that’s his\her own fault. No one needs handholding. Do you like your hand held??
Guys, why so much drama? Steve Jobs copied Xerox, Bill Gates copied Steve Jobs.
If you want to be in the business, get ready to copy/paste! =)
ps. I don’t use Android.
It’s really funny how you feel identified with the brand. ANYBODY who can afford it can go to an Apple store, drop 600 bucks, and enter the club. There’s nothing really special about it.
That chinese app is just for the curious, imo.
Pffft!
Actualy no. Xerox had a project that they werent going to use anymore and agreed to give it to steve jobs. Bill gates on the other hand saw what steve and his macintosh team was working on and completly copied it. (just read the bio)
The Apple approach is perfect for Tech people who are tired of fixing crap that doesnt work and people who listened to their tech friends and got the superior software/hardware. Research and experience tells/proves to me Apple has the best products (Computers, Tablets, Phones, Wireless, Etc…) Lazy-cheap people buy android and MS products or they have no choice in the matter.
Android isn’t a cheap alternative.
The Galaxy nexus is the most advanced and superior mobile device ever made. It runs 100% 100% of the time. As did my last Android phone. Don’t believe what you read, Android is just as good as iOS.
Not to mention LTE. It’s a game changer. Why Apple ignored it makes me laugh. And the iPhone 5 won’t be released until the Fall! It’s going to hurt them dearly.
For the record, I own an ipad 2 and an iMac (24″ 2007). I love both – but love Android a bit more. Ice Cream Sandwich adds the “fit and finish” many iSheep claim it’s been missing. Now that it has it it’s still not good enough in their eyes.
I dont believe what I read, I listen to what people say and read between the lines. Android is a cheap alternative, thats why it is free. Samsung might as well change their logo to a backwards Apple symbol.
LTE is hardly legit 4G, its a marketing term, and still very unstable. I get where you are coming from, I think you may be just a bit Biased. My 4s is everything I could want in a phone and even though it has crap double sided glass I will take it.
Not really. Xerox’s board and upper management team made that decision. The engineers knew what was going on.
Hell, Steve Jobs said it himself. “Good artists copy, great artists steal.
ironic considering Apple started off ripping others’ ideas off yet now they sue for every little fart thing that Android brings to market.
Why? Because Steve Jobs’ feared Android.
Cheap alternative – says you.
It’s free because they want market share. Oh, and by the way – that strategy works.
Older Android phones were underpowered and slow, no arguing there. But not anymore.
And yes, I owned an iPhone too (3G) – loved it. But it always left me something to be desired.
Apple paid a lots of money to Xerox (1 million in stock options become 17 million 12 months later)… so Apple didn’t steal anything to Xerox… what Xerox’s employees at parc did felt is not important… they were employees, they were paid to work at Parc, Parc was a Xerox asset. apple doesn’t rip off others’ ideas… they create a completely new and funcional product… mac os was far more superior of Xeros Star, icons, the global menu, the desktop, the drag and drop, the overlapping windows, the mouse as you know it today (at least the ones with a rubber ball) were all apple ideas…and yes Jobs feared Android because of the past history of Apple with Microsoft’s Windows…
Canarino is right
And you have no idea if steve jobs feared android i highley doubt it.
Enterprise and military? Apple is killing Android in the enterprise (or haven’t you been keeping up with current events ).
And the reason iOS hasn’t been adopted in the military (and Android has – sort of) is because iOS can’t be customized. You left out the part where Android devices approved for the military have the Android Market stripped so nothing can be installed. And they have to install their own monitoring software. Finally they have strict regulations about how to use your Android device (no access to classified data and all web access through a proxy).
Apple isn’t killing it in the enterprise, Apple is killing I.T. in the enterprise. People are enforcing IT depts to bring in their shiny flashy iOS devices. But what sheep fail to realize is that all they’re good for is reading email and calendar events. Trust me, I’m an app developer – no one likes Obj C, no less you need Macs to write software for it. And on top of that you have to convince VPs and Program Managers to buy Apple Dev Corporate Licenses otherwise Apple has to approve your app. When the smoke clears and IT admins learn Android more the tables will turn.
Yes, the military is adopting Android because it’s easily customized – thanks for reiterating my point.
That’s funny, considering the only reason people jailbreak their iPhones is to give them more functionality that Android already has out of the box.
“Lazy-cheap people buy android and MS products or they have no choice in the matter.”
I would be plopping $3000 for a MBP and $5000 for a Mac Pro if Apple actually decided to make the best. But ironically, the best machines out there for the creative field (Audio, Video, Graphics arts/illustration/photography/etc..) are HP’s. Apple’s fiasco with Flash essentially broke their relationship with Adobe and the FCP has essentially made Professional switch to Adobe and Avid software. Which are both optimized to run on HP hardware. And the switch from Mac to windows/HP is gradually happening as we speak.
Apple products are a nightmare for Tech people. Why? 1) Durability and Reliability. Apple product’s are mid-range at best. 2) repair. Mac’s are a nightmare to repair (especially the iMac) Plus you have to make sure the hardware is right, or otherwise you are going to run into problems. 3) in larger business, mac’s don’t have the security as windows powered machines do.
If you want the best machine to impress your neighbors when they come over, get a mac. But if you want the best freaking machine to get the job done, Get a windows powered machine. Far more durable, far more reliable. If something goes wrong, it’s far easier, cheaper, faster to repair. Far more secure. And simply the best in everything (including what Macs used to be the best at).
Oh, and what Microsoft is doing with the tablet and phone world, I will be able (soon) to have far better integration with my computers, tablets, phones that you could even possibly imagine in the Apple world.
And this is coming from a (soon to be) former mac user. And I’m not the only one jumping back onto windows, countless of my friends and colleagues are well. Simply because apple is more interested to make a flashy product that you put on your desk to impress your neighbors than carrying about making the best machines that the professionals (or soon to be professionals, and also hobbyist) need. We don’t care about the flashiness of the product. We simply care about having the best machine possible. Period.
I read and reread your comment and still can’t understand what you were trying to say. And, yes, I comprehend clear communication. Communication is my field. I think you were trying to say that iOS devices are only useful for email and calendars and that perplexes me since I use my iPad for pretty much everything I can do on my Macbook.
Dodo bird
Really? Sounds like you just like being a contrarian, and now that Apple has so many people recognizing its superiority, you have to switch back to what nobody wants: Windows.
Maybe you should just switch to Linux and be done with it.
This will last for a day no doubt. Then poof. Apple comes in and sues Google’s developer for infringement. All the icons are property of Apple, even it’s method is. Though it’s not linked through Google’s Voice system.
Guys, I didn’t say he stole, he copied the whole damn thing. Obviously Xerox made the mistake of their lives (the lab closed last year iirc). Everybody copies in this industry, don’t come and tell us Apple is so original because that is not true. They take something and improve it, I can give you that. But don’t come here to tell me to read the Bio. lol
So, in summary, Apple, yes, knows how to improve other people’s ideas with an artistic touch.
Original and revolutionary ideas that will change the rest of your lives, oh no, sir, that’s called Marketing. =)
Why do you think he hated them so much?
Because he knew it was 1984 all over again.
All the Android mal-ware nonsense is propaganda stirred up my Apple loving si-called tech wannabe journalists.
Yes, but not an IT department.
Sure maybe a simpleton like you can replacea laptop with a $500 iPod touch but for those in IT, like developers, need a real machine – and that wasn’t what I was talking about.
You sheep fail to realize how difficult it is to maintain, develop for, and support Macs in the enterprise. Way too expensive not to mention their dev platform is archaic and 30 years old.
Really waiting for SIRI for my android phone…
I can say exactly the same. iOS devices are not for most serious, full-time IT engineers and developers. Especially tablets and phones, geez. Tablets are mere toys, not suited for any professional work. No amount of software will change that, because:
1. Editing is slower. You have a little screen that strains your eyes and must use external keyboard to be as productive as with a laptop.
2. Precision and comfort of use of finger or stick is laughable compared to a laptop.
3. You get less processing power for your money. I buy things to work on, not to outshine others. And yes, money matters.
4. Wallpapers as an OS update? Really? iOS is very unfriendly to power users.
While I agree the less tech-savvy users could benefit from Apple products, I wouldn’t recommend them to any professional. In the last, American-ran enterprise I worked for (for 4 years) as an IT engineer, the Engineering Team had laptops with Linux, while PR and Marketing Teams had Apple products. That speaks for itself.
Think of it what you want. I rarely see an IT engineer working on anything Apple. Only one exception I know is a half programmer/half contact team guy who has a Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone.
All of my friends and colleagues who work in IT don’t use Apple products. You can say otherwise, but there are people for whom a computer is not to look good in Starbucks, but to do real work, in real time, for real clients, with real needs.
I have more than 8 years of experience in my field (working for biggest web portals in my own country and for one that is high in the 100 sites most visited globally) and I’ve seen some very good experts on my way. They used Macs just to test how does stuff looks on them for Apple customers, nothing more.
Sure – I just couldn’t live my life without Siri. I forgot how to read and type! OMG! Now, my whole life depends on if Siri will recognize my speech pattern! Noooo! But I must find nearest Starbucks to show my Apple product to anyone!
they don’t “copied the whole damn thing” at all
they “used” paid ideas and developed a new set of metaphors, most of them completely original, copied later by microsoft… they steal ideas from apple and parc (and for some times even code)
lisa was a distan cousin of parc alto but macintosh was a complete new product not only in terms of metaphors but in terms of market placement and purpose.
look at your computer and think what would be without apple (of course you should known a little bit of IT history)
i come here and say someone have written a bunch of wrong facts… please don’t put words in my mouth… and yes i think you should read some bio/history book
if you can’t accept or if you want accept the fact apple modified your life with its vision is not my problem but you should read some bio/history book :)
Again…My field is COMMUNICATIONS. Reading, writing, composing and giving group presentations ( 200+ persons attending most of these sessions). And regardless of your opinion, I (in practice…not theory) find the iPad quite adept to serve my purposes. As to the inference (another poster) that iPad users are “simpletons”…completely uncalled for. I know what I use and what works for me in my profession.
Not everyone works in IT. BTW I know many people who work with graphic design and all of them work with Macs only. They would probably take strong exception to your assertion that they are “less tech-savvy users”.