Going by popular opinion, Siri‘s all-new compact UI is both more functional and good looking. For a change, the virtual assistant no longer captures the whole screen when you invoke it. Thus your ongoing task doesn’t seem to come to a halt. By default, iOS allows the current app to remain visible while Siri is active so that your conversation with the personal assistant won’t seem a hindrance to the ongoing work. However, if you find the visible background a bit distracting, you can choose to make Siri go full screen on iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 by blurring the current app.
Aside from letting you blur the background when Siri is active, the latest iteration of iOS also allows you to enable the real-time transcription of your speech. Whether you are missing the old Siri’s UI or prefer to make the virtual assistant transcribe your request, you can get back the transcription.
- Now, tap on Accessibility.
So, that’s the way to blur the current app while Siri is enabled for a distraction-free conversation. While Apple’s virtual assistant may still have a lot of catch up work to do to challenge the supremacy of Google Assistant, everyone will agree that the former has vastly improved.
