Hey Merlin team! I was inspired by Arc browser's new voice control feature and thought of something game-changing for Merlin iOS.

Imagine this: Using the iPhone's Action Button to instantly trigger Merlin to search, analyze, and synthesize web information through voice commands, like the Live Search

feature but on command ios system wide access and a bit more content rich.

Merlin would use its AI to:

Pull data from multiple sources

Generate visual + text responses

Provide comprehensive yet concise answers

(important)Work system-wide on iOS = Through the Action button or a siri shortcut ?

Quick example: "Hey Merlin, what's fun in Vancouver this summer?" → Gets you an image of Vancouver's highlights + a smart summary of activities, combining real-time data from multiple sources.

This would really set Merlin apart from other AI apps - it's not just chat, it's instant voice-to-intelligence with visual context, accessible anywhere in iOS. Essentially Arc's browse feature meets ChatGPT meets Siri, but better.

Would love to see this in a future update! What do you think?

I'll call it, "AskMerlin" feature (merlin being a very fitting name here)

(bit more details organized by ai):

Title: Voice-Controlled Web Research via Action Button (Arc Browser Inspiration)

Feature Request: Add voice-activated web research capability to Merlin iOS, triggered through the Action Button. Similar to Arc browser's voice browse feature, but enhanced with:

Integration with preferred LLM for processing

Multi-source web data aggregation

Visual + text response format

System-wide iOS accessibility

Example Use Case: User: "What are fun things to do in Vancouver in summer?" Response:

Quick visual preview of Vancouver

Summarized activities list from multiple sources

Location/timing details

Practical recommendations

Benefits:

Differentiates from standard LLM chat apps

Provides richer, multi-modal responses

Leverages existing iOS Action Button

Offers hands-free operation

Technical Requirements:

Web scraping capability

Image processing

Voice command integration

iOS Action Button API support