Apple's Siri to invade cars within one year

The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2012 was under way on Monday at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, where Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced that the Siri personal assistant will soon be in the car.

According to Cook, within the next 12 months, drivers will be able to hit a button on the steering wheel and connect with that disembodied voice from the commercials.

BMW, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, Audi, Toyota, Chrysler and Honda have all signed on for the experience. Ford is conspicuously absent from list, possibly because of its relationship with Microsoft for the MyFord Touch system.

With new software, Siri can now launch apps as well. We could envision a time when we'd get in our cars, call out for navigation and have Siri read a few e-mails before turning on the Cobra iRadar app.

We'll bring you more on the inevitable singularity as it approaches.

By Jake Lingeman