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Apple Music Voice Plan Coming in iOS 15.2
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But it can only learn if you can correct it somehow, i.e. via typing, which this plan forbids.
True, but Siri can only get better if its mistakes get corrected, and with a "voice only" plan, there is no way to correct it, since you can't type in the title and artist you wanted. Unless they do make it that you can type, but only after you've attempted to Siri it.
Me: Hey Siri, play "F*ck da police"
Siri: Playing "Duck sauce"
Siri: Playing "Duck sauce"
Some ask why, but I guess why not? It’s cheaper, and that alone may be enough for some people. I’m sure there are people who use voice assistants like Siri routinely, either as a novelty or function, or both. If you’re someone who just wants to play stuff and aren’t meticulous about your library, this is a cheap way to listen to just about anything at anytime, and it is probably minimal effort on Apple’s part to offer it.
Oh man. I'm not an Apple Music subscriber, but I do own lots of songs and manage them through the Music app. Already it's hit or miss whether Siri will tell me "I can't do that because you're not an Apple Music subscriber", even though I'm just asking to play something I own that's in the library on my phone.
This is probably going to make it pretty much impossible to use Siri for my music at all.
This is probably going to make it pretty much impossible to use Siri for my music at all.
I guess if you're just a cheapskate you can do everything using type to siri
This has been my problem for awhile with different music services, they'll give me the same 100 songs or so.
Agreed this is just bean-counters penny pinching for profits. I dislike this kind of move from Apple and I'll see this feature to be shipping junk!
This should've been free and incorporated. UNLESS Apple is trying to rid themselves of human currated playlists and DJ's they have in London, NYC and abroad.
You can also tell Siri to respond silently via text by going into settings -> siri -> siri responses and switching spoken responses to "Only with 'hey siri'".
Then, trigger Siri by holding the power button instead of saying "hey siri" and the response is silent and you can read it on the screen.
Facebook is doing this by using their Viewpoints app. The app is where they have various tasks you can do for cash. Usually takes maybe 5 minutes for $5 and usually there are 2-4 parts (each paying that amount). In recent months they've had you say a number of phrases that involve names and commands. Clearly they're using the data to train their voice assistant. They've also had ones where you see a marketplace ad and then two photos and choose which one is the closest match, clearly training a visual AI to compare images. Seems a good way for them to get the data they need in bulk quickly.
We have several HomePods/HomePods Mini, and we can set the music volume separately from the command/voice volume.
Well there is that, but you also can learn from attempts at voice correction. I do that all the time with alexa - play "blah". "Play blah blah" "play blah blah blah." Lots of play commands in a row generally means a bad interpretation. At some point I just give up, but I'll try to get the thing I want two or three times.
you can't possibly think you will have access to the entire Apple Music library with Siri alone. there's no way Siri will understand multiple languages (e.g. English, Korean, Japanese) at the same time to serve up the right content..
I recently switched from spotify to apple music, and noted how much worse apple music is at finding what I'm looking for. I can't imagine doing that all by talking to siri
Yeah keep trying @coolfactor. Siri not only sucks it is suckier than it was 5 years ago. I actually have it turned off on two devices. Apple better be careful with this IMHO.
“We’re gonna force you to use an inferior technology in the hope it will get better somehow. Majically.”
Here's my snarky comment: Spotify is by far the best streaming service out there. Ease of use, great suggestions, better UI UX etc...
What a fantastic idea! Next they should make a plan where you can't hear the music, but you can stream the data. Maybe $3 per month?
Imagine all those commuting to work trying to play a song..cacophony.
Lol
Siri has been around 11 years now, they've had all the time in the world to refine it. Siri is still just awful. Apple have basically abandoned it.
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