Apple has released Sierra as a free update to Macs which will bring the long awaited personal assistant Siri confined to only iPhones all this while, to the desktops.
Apart from now being able to talk to your Mac, new features like Universal Clipboard, iCloud Desktop and Documents, Auto Unlock and Apple Pay, and incorporating Photos for the first time.
Just like how you will use Siri on the iPhone, she can help send messages and email, find documents, look up information, search a user’s photo library, adjust system preferences and more. Users can also drag and drop Siri results into documents or pin them into their Today view for later reference. Universal Clipboard allows users to copy content from an app on one Apple device and paste it into another app on a different Apple device.
With iCloud Desktop and Documents users can now access the files on their Desktop from iPhone and iPad. And Auto Unlock lets users automatically log into their Mac when they are wearing an authenticated Apple Watch.
Apple Pay comes on making online shopping experience more convenient, users can now click the Apple Pay button at checkout and then complete their purchase with Touch ID on iPhone 6 or later or with Apple Watch. Cuppertino assures credit or debit card information is not shared with online merchants and strong encryption protects all communication between a user’s device and Apple Pay servers.
Other features include, Messages allowing users to preview web links and play video clips, respond with Tapback using icons like thumbs up, emoji directly into message bubbles. Picture in Picture floats video from Safari or iTunes in a window over the desktop. The window can be resized, dragged and pinned to any corner of the screen so users can watch video.



