It took getting my dad a HomePod mini for his room in the assisted living facility he lives at to start to see Siri as much as a presence service as a media device.
The principal idea is building a Siri for senior citizens by creating and growing a library of what I call Siri actions.
What are Siri actions?
In my line of thinking, they would be simple sequenced actions with some type of run-time functional set.
Ideally these functional sets could be extended or customized by software, including via an iPhone or Mac based front end, to set up a general class of applications that in this case would be targeted and senior citizens:
- Mental Acuity Tests
- Fitness (think: Apple Fitness + for seniors)
- Curated Assistance Care (vocabulary and caregiver network)
- Snoring Stopper (listen for snoring)
- Meditation and Mantras
- Flash Cards
How would this not be a really good thing for the aged segment, especially in the face of loss of mobility, isolation, loneliness and lack of external stimuli?
Food for thought: there are 23M Americans that are 75 years old or older so it's a huge market.