Evi, the non-searching search app has been launched by True Knowledge, a Cambridge based developer.
Not only does the new app have its own database of nearly a billion facts but it can interact with external services such as Amazon, National Rail and Yelp. The great feature about Evi is that, unlike a normal search engine, it doesn’t trawl the internet looking for keywords that match a phrase that has been entered. Instead it’s a thinking app that actually understands natural language. This is an advantage over Siri, the inbuilt iPhone 4S app, which works best with the information already on your phone. Siri can be used to set reminders for your Dads birthday or for a meeting but, it can’t be used for geo-location requests outside the US.
Evi the app that’s appropriate
With Siri, if you were to type in ‘local coffee shops’ into your phones search engine, you will normally get a worldwide list of coffee shop chains from Google or the history of coffee from Wikipedia. Type the same phrase into Evi and you will get a list of coffee shops local to your area and it will also tell you how far they are from you. Any app that offers us information on the move and saves us time is to be welcomed, and Evi promises to deliver.
The features don’t end there. There is also voice or text input with Evi giving the response back in voice or text, one-tap-words which helps build questions if you’re struggling to find the right words, plus the more questions asked of Evi the more it will ‘learn’ and be able to build up its database.
Evi is available free on Android and for £0.69 on iPhone.
Category: Lifestyle
