Is SiriKit now deprecated? And if so, how will that impact INAlternativeAppNames as it relates to app name synonyms in App Shortcuts?

Will Siri only invoke Schema-based Intents? Is there no chance of Siri invoking another short cut, or share sheet extension with an input that its found on screen?

It's hard to know what should be working, and what's a symptom of the beta not including the functionality. Is there any functionality that we should expect to be present in beta 1?

It’s often desirable to implement AppIntents in an app extension, but under AppSchema this is more challenging because “on screen awareness” binds views to app entities. This creates a need to synchronize AppEntity data across the boundary between the main app and the app extension. What are the best practices for managing the required bidirectional data exchange? Are there good sample applications that illustrate how to do this cleanly?

Are there any tools this year to debug why siri can't see a schema-based intent or chooses not to invoke it? Is it possible to see what inputs siri has within the context of the conversation that could cascade into intents of other applications? I've had difficulties with knowing if something should work, or of it's just not possible.

For an AppIntent that creates an AppEntity via a long-running async task, does it make sense for the intent’s “perform” method to return a placeholder AppEntity and update it later via a donation, or is it best to make “perform” async and return only once the entity is completely resolved?

Currently, I have a mix of SiriKit (Car Commands) and App Intents. Should I migrate everything to App Intents and discontinue SiriKit? Is there a compatible/similar AppSchema to Car Commands?

In my app, I use CoreSpotlight to create CSSearchableItems (for Spotlight integration), and I also have a list of AppEntities for Shortcuts support. Are there any big benefits in migrating this setup to using IndexedEntity, with regards to Siri and Apple Intelligence? I also would need to support iOS17 for now. Note that the AppEntities don't map onto any existing AppSchema domains.

Is it possible to hand over from Siri to the App providing the App Intent (i.e. open the app from a Siri as result of an action)? For example, this could be handy when I actually want to show some UI in Response to a customer's prompt, like opening a Photo Album.

Is the user required to remember the name of my app in order to interact with it via Siri AI?

We have existing Siri functionalities in our app, for customer retrieve their bank or credit cards information. How can we leverage new Siri AI features to our existing function? what is correct approach we can go?

Is there a supported way to differentiate the trigger source (i.e. Siri, Spotlight, or Shortcut) within the perform() method of an AppIntent?

My app has had shortcuts support since the Siri Intent days, so I have app intents with CustomIntentMigratedAppIntent to make sure old shortcuts continue working. Now I need to make further changes to one such shortcuts actions so I need to make a 2nd app intent to take the place of my older app intent that itself took the place of a siri intent. I need the old app intent to still exist for the sake of old shortcuts but I find that having isDiscoverable = false doesn't hide the 1st app intent so long as it has CustomIntentMigratedAppIntent. Is there any solution or do I have to either break old shortcuts or accept duplicate shortcuts actions to move my app intents forward?

Will the processing of an Intent result in an App Lifecycle change? How is compute time & network access managed when processing the intent? E.g., would I be able to make backend requests if needed?

Can I make functionality of my app available to Siri AI if they are NOT from one of the predefined App Schema domains? (This was already asked here: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/829586 ) Can I define my own App Schemas & App Schema Domains?

Hi all, This is a contrived example for an App Intent where I need my phrases to recognize three "regions" and a specific set of numbers associated with those regions. I am having trouble defining the AppEntity and associated AppShortcut phrases that works well with Siri, which is having trouble extracting numbers for some reason... Now the example: Imagine my app provides information surrounding Starbucks establishments on three major thoroughfares in NYC, such as: Broadway & 26, 40, 43, 54, 63, 75, 86, 95 Madison & 44, 50, 84, 96 Lexington & 43, 48, 55, 63, 67, 77, 85, 96 I need AppEntities, AppShortcuts, and friends that best work with Siri when launched with phrases such as: "Show 'example' for Madison and 50th in \(.applicationName)", "Show 'example' on 43rd and Broadway in \(.applicationName)", Long story short, Siri is picking up my phrases well, but then asking me to answer whether the value is 44, 50, 84, or 96, instead of just hearing that I said: "Madison and 50th" I've defined streets like this: public let nycStreetDisplayRepresentations: [DisplayRepresentation] = [ DisplayRepresentation(title: "26", synonyms: ["twenty six", "twenty sixth"]), DisplayRepresentation(title: "40", synonyms: ["forty", "fortieth"]), DisplayRepresentation(title: "43", synonyms: ["forty three", "forty third"]), DisplayRepresentation(title: "48", synonyms: ["forty eight", "forty eighth"]), DisplayRepresentation(title: "50", synonyms: ["fifty", "fiftieth"]), DisplayRepresentation(title: "54", synonyms: ["fifty four", "fifty fourth"]), DisplayRepresentation(title: "55", synonyms: ["fifty five", "fifty fifth", "five five"]), DisplayRepresentation(title: "63", synonyms: ["sixty three", "sixty third"]), DisplayRepresentation(title: "67", synonyms: ["sixty seven", "sixty seventh"]), DisplayRepresentation(title: "75", synonyms: ["seventy five", "seventy fifth"]), DisplayRepresentation(title: "77", synonyms: ["seventy seven", "seventy seventh", "seven seven"]), DisplayRepresentation(title: "84", synonyms: ["eighty four", "eighty fourth"]), DisplayRepresentation(title: "85", synonyms: ["eighty five", "eighty fifth"]), DisplayRepresentation(title: "86", synonyms: ["eighty six", "eighty sixth"]), DisplayRepresentation(title: "95", synonyms: ["ninety five", "ninety fifth"]), DisplayRepresentation(title: "96", synonyms: ["ninety six", "ninety sixth"]) ] And an entity like this: public struct MadisonThings: AppEntity, Identifiable { public let id: Int public var displayRepresentation: DisplayRepresentation { nycStreetDisplayRepresentations[id-1] } public static var typeDisplayRepresentation = TypeDisplayRepresentation( name: "Madison" , synonyms: ["Madison Ave"] ) public static var defaultQuery = MadisonTHingsQuery() } An EntityQuery: public struct MadisonThingsQuery: EntityQuery, EntityStringQuery { ...attempts to find synonyms in the phrase } Intent: public struct ShowMadisonThingsIntent: AppIntent { { @Parameter( title: "Street Number", description: "The street number (e.g., 5, 12, 44)" ) var streetNumber: MadisonThings // I have also tried just plain 'int' to no avail } And finally the shortcuts: static var appShortcuts: [AppShortcut] { return [ AppShortcut( intent: ShowMadisonThingsIntent(), phrases: [ "Show example for Madison and \(\.$streetNumber) in \(.applicationName)", "Show example on \(\.$streetNumber) in \(.applicationName)", ... This should be very simple, I think, and I've tried multiple ways of extracting numbers from my speech, but for some reason this is not working well at all. Thanks for your help!