Tbh I think 10.99/month to listen to music is a joke. It should be like 5.99/8.99 and Apple would still make money.
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Apple Music's Lower-Priced Voice Plan Being Discontinued
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If you could bet on this being killed i’d throw my life savings at it seriously.
Any product where Siri is used as a way to control said product is DOA.
Any product where Siri is used as a way to control said product is DOA.
I tried using Siri to play music on my OG HomePod for a couple years.
A very, very frustrating experience.
It would misunderstand the band/composer. Or play the same titled song by a different group. Or play the live version (I generally hate live recordings and would turn it off if it were an option). Or play the dance version or a DJ version. Or play the wrong composer or orchestra. Or play the 1956 version instead of 1995 version. Or the single instead of the album. Or Taylor's version 😉
Each time I either gave up and listened to something I didn't want to (if I was busy doing something that involved my hands), or broke out my iPhone or iPad to stream the correct version.
Like others here, I was astonished this was ever a product.
A very, very frustrating experience.
It would misunderstand the band/composer. Or play the same titled song by a different group. Or play the live version (I generally hate live recordings and would turn it off if it were an option). Or play the dance version or a DJ version. Or play the wrong composer or orchestra. Or play the 1956 version instead of 1995 version. Or the single instead of the album. Or Taylor's version 😉
Each time I either gave up and listened to something I didn't want to (if I was busy doing something that involved my hands), or broke out my iPhone or iPad to stream the correct version.
Like others here, I was astonished this was ever a product.
I've got a bunch of homepods in different rooms. "Siri, play classic rock". It plays until I tell it to stop. I don't want any of the other stuff, don't care about spatial audio, honestly don't want or need anything from the higher tiers.
Guess they don't want my $5/month any more.
Guess they don't want my $5/month any more.
I spent more than that on albums each month.
I got it as a part of free promotion for activating new Apple device few months back. Honestly I was bit bumped that it's voice only and not the "full" version of Apple Music subscription.
Why would people get the voice plan with Siri always getting wrong song? Siri is useless and there isn't much improvement since it came out.
I did. Worked fine. Will miss being able to play songs that I don't own.
I completely agree. Often times it will select a strange version of a song, sometimes a live version, sometimes an alternate version, sometimes even by a different artist. For example, “play Bohemian Rhapsody” will at random times get the Panic at the disco version, which although a fine cover, is not what I want. When repeating and specifying queen, it often then plays the movie soundtrack, meanwhile my attention has not been properly on the road as I curse at Siri.
I refuse to pay for music. I can put up with ads from Spotify, which has better selection than anyone else.
The Windows Spotify app has EQ. Does Apple Music do that? I may choke one day and pay for Spotify but nobody else.
This was a bad idea from the beginning. Is this yet another Eddie Cue special?
“Hey Siri, play ゆら・ゆらRing-Dong-Dance from Pastel＊Palettes”
(Siri explodes)
(Siri explodes)
I still buy albums from time to time. Far better to have an entire library dedicated to my own taste than handing over it to an inferior AI and better-not-exist voice assistant.
I totally forget about this. Apple, if you want to deliver the best experience, start by fixing HomePod OS that has been a total disaster since you released OS 16. If I could listen to music on my HomePod without songs skipping in the middle, that would be a good experience!
Real life user here! My dad is blind and terrible with technology so never learned how to interact with his iPhone using assistive features. He only interacts with it with Siri. So this voice only Siri plan gets him literally everything he needs at a lower cost.
And he’s surprisingly effective at getting what he wants despite the many issues with the system. We’ll obviously have to move him onto the full priced plan now. But hey, super niche. I’m not surprised it’s going.
And he’s surprisingly effective at getting what he wants despite the many issues with the system. We’ll obviously have to move him onto the full priced plan now. But hey, super niche. I’m not surprised it’s going.
Bwahaha, this is SO funny. I am from Germany and nobody uses Siri here. It's just so unreliable. If I would tell a German Siri to play something from Alanis Morissette it would just break or do something totally unexpected like calling my sister. I'm dead serious.
I’m guessing Apple brought it out to compete with Amazon who do something similar. I guess the difference is that nobody buys a HomePod without owning other Apple gadgets whereas a lot of non techies will buy an Alexa speaker and pay a fiver a month to get it to play music, including my dad.