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The new Siri AI can split the bill for you?

June 30, 2026 / 00:50

This episode discusses Apple Cash's receipt scanning feature, bill splitting, and user interface. Key topics include the effectiveness of the technology and its adoption.

The hosts talk about how users can take a picture of a receipt, and Siri will itemize the bill, showing who ordered what and the exact prices. They mention the user interface as being impressive.

Despite the cool features, the conversation highlights that many people do not use Apple Cash, often opting for Venmo instead. The hosts express skepticism about the feature's practical use.

They also touch on the challenges of splitting bills among groups, particularly when not everyone has Apple Cash. The discussion includes laughter and light banter about the practicality of the technology.

TLDR

Apple Cash's receipt scanning feature is impressive but rarely used in practice.

Episode

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If you have a receipt, you can take a picture of it and Siri will itemize and let you split the bill.
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>> You have to use Apple Cash. I I did try this last night and it is actually a very cool UI because it it like breaks
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down each individual item and it's like who got this item, who got this item, this is the exact price
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>> and then you put in the percentage of the tip that you put in and it splits it
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between everybody. It's it's a very good UI. >> I don't remember the last time I
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actually did something like that. >> I do think this is a tech demo feature. People never use it. They always just
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take a picture and Venmo each other. But for the tech demo, it's like, "Oh, that's cool that that worked."
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>> It's cool. Yeah. And I guess a more complicated split check of a bunch of people getting all sorts of different
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levels. >> Not everyone has Apple Cash. >> That's the problem. [laughter] Yeah. >> Apple Cash is easy to connect to your
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bank account, but not a lot of people use it. >> Well, but doesn't it also split it and
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just tell you the numbers and then you don't have to pay through it? You can tell everybody this is how much it
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actually

Episode Highlights

  • Siri's Bill Splitting Feature
    Siri can itemize receipts and split bills among friends using Apple Cash.
    “It's a very good UI.”
    @ 00m 17s
    June 30, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • It's a very good UI.
    The new Siri AI can split the bill for you?
  • Oh, that's cool that that worked.
    The new Siri AI can split the bill for you?

Key Moments

  • Bill Splitting00:03
  • User Experience00:07
  • Tech Demo Feature00:22
  • Apple Cash Limitations00:36