How would that work? How would the software know?
I’m no dev, but I like thinking about user interaction solutions like this.
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My workaround is to only use it on one device.
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Apple to Debut New AirPods This Year With Handsfree 'Hey, Siri' Voice Command Feature, 'Water-Resistant' Models Coming in 2019
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I’m no dev, but I like thinking about user interaction solutions like this.
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I can hold my iPhone right up to my mouth, say “hey Siri” and the phone lights up briefly but then stops and goes back to normal as the HomePod is responding.
It’s definitely not gotten better since I got them in late 2016. iOS 11 has all sorts of issues, that’s for sure. Either way, I’m frustrated daily by the AirPods, despite loving them.
It uses handoff to determine which devices should stop listening - make sure you meet all of the requirements for handoff. The most common problem is turning off bluetooth.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204681#handoff
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They are already able to determine which devices are nearby. It would simply automatically connect to the device that is the closest, rather than the last one it was paired with.
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Homepod Eddie, or Homepod Steve, or Homepod Jujuba. For multi HP households, let us name the HPs if this is an issue.
Conceptually, a multi-HP household is going to have HPs in different rooms (support whole home, someday). In this scenario, the nearest HP will be able to hear and process a generic "Hey HomePod"
For the households that pair up 2 HPs in the same room for "stereo like" sound (someday), they are paired to work as if they are one so they both might answer a generic "Hey HomePod" query.
Or again, let us name each of them if we want... like we don't name children all "Bob" or "Steve" so we can get the right one to respond when we want to communicate with one of them.
And I still dare any of us to name a kid or all kids Siri.
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That's fine but the point of frustration of multiple Siri devices responding to "Hey Siri" is what motivated me to offer the idea. That frustration isn't solved by "the future" responses like this. I fully agree that Siri should be plenty smart already and able to do this without ever being confused. But Siri is NOT that. And writing down "the future" won't make Siri that today, tomorrow or the next day/month/(maybe year or years).
That idea is something that could be implemented quickly and "just work" ASAP. Your counter is something that Apple might get around to... someday... or not. Everything can be far better out in "the future" somewhere but we all live in the now. Living with frustrations in hopes of "someday" is one approach. Another is to bridge the gap between now and "the future" with tangible solutions that would work much sooner than that later.
I agree wholeheartedly with you here (hear?
. I wasn’t sure when I bought them but now they go with me everywhere bringing back sound to this hearing impaired person.Same for me. I see my phone light up but not answer. Apple Watch nothing at all even when on and HomePod always answers first.
Main reason for me not buy airpods. Essential must have feature, especially since Siri isnt working offline. Could be by swiping, best with real buttons.
Would just love a pair that fit in my ears. The current version is too slippery and loses grip in my ears after 10 minutes and fall out. I've tried every hack out there from nexcare tape to foam covers and none of them work. My ears seem to be too small
You are one of the few people that I have heard this from. I was hesitant to buy them at first because no in-ear phones ever stayed in my ears. However, I can violently shake my head with them in and they don't come out. I'm not in any way saying that you are doing anything wrong, but apparently there is no single design that is going to work for every ear that is out there.
Homepod Eddie, or Homepod Steve, or Homepod Jujuba. For multi HP households, let us name the HPs if this is an issue.
Conceptually, a multi-HP household is going to have HPs in different rooms (support whole home, someday). In this scenario, the nearest HP will be able to hear and process a generic "Hey HomePod"
For the households that pair up 2 HPs in the same room for "stereo like" sound (someday), they are paired to work as if they are one so they both might answer a generic "Hey HomePod" query.
Or again, let us name each of them if we want... like we don't name children all "Bob" or "Steve" so we can get the right one to respond when we want to communicate with one of them.
And I still dare any of us to name a kid or all kids Siri.
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That's fine but the point of frustration of multiple Siri devices responding to "Hey Siri" is what motivated me to offer the idea. That frustration isn't solved by "the future" responses like this. I fully agree that Siri should be plenty smart already and able to do this without ever being confused. But Siri is NOT that. And writing down "the future" won't make Siri that today, tomorrow or the next day/month/(maybe year or years).
That idea is something that could be implemented quickly and "just work" ASAP. Your counter is something that Apple might get around to... someday... or not. Everything can be far better out in "the future" somewhere but we all live in the now. Living with frustrations in hopes of "someday" is one approach. Another is to bridge the gap between now and "the future" with tangible solutions that would work much sooner than that later.
I guess at that point you could just assign names to your devices. Then you could dispense with your family members altogether, lol. I’m kind of liking that.
Our friends have a dog named Sara. Didn’t think about it until one day the dog came into the room and someone said Hey Sara. Pretty funny.
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I’m going with “Hey Banana”.
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1. Exercise
2. Minor ear canal damage
3. Profit
Hands-free Hey Siri is an important addition here. I don't like having to choose between Siri and Play/Pause for the double tap.
Furthermore, I wish they allowed the S3 Apple Watch to have hands free Hey Siri all the time without having to raise your wrist first. There is more than enough battery to spare, I put the thing on charger after 18 hours of use with 84% battery remaining.
Furthermore, I wish they allowed the S3 Apple Watch to have hands free Hey Siri all the time without having to raise your wrist first. There is more than enough battery to spare, I put the thing on charger after 18 hours of use with 84% battery remaining.
Agreed, but how come no one is mentioning better sound!!!!!
More low end! I have an older pair of Beats in ear/wired , and the bass response is far more superior! I love my AirPods,, but lets be honest, they have no better sound than the stock wired headphones that come with your iPhone... but the Bluetooth is very nice and has GREAT reception, I.e. distance from device, through walls...
For most people hey siri already does "just work" - disabling devices that shouldn't be listening as soon as they are invoked. For edge cases (or more likely misconfiguration cases) like yours dumbing down the technology is not the answer - they should focus on improving detection over an inane solution like this - all of their competitors manage perfectly fine.
Additionally, voice detection for "hey siri" is handled on-device (on-chip) and adding more names for it to respond to will likely take even longer than just fixing the problem in the first place.
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A few weeks ago I had this "feature". I do not test Beta software but I always update all of my devices the day Apple releases the update. I don't know what was going on but I was listening to music from my iPhone X over my AirPods. Without touching my phone or AirPods and without waking Siri, the volume started slowly dropping on my AirPods. After a minute or so I woke my iPhone and saw that the volume was set very low so I manually set it back to a comfortable volume and put my phone back down. It happened again and when I picked up my phone I saw the volume had moved by itself to a lower setting. Just to be clear, I was wearing my Apple Watch and I had my iPad in the same room but neither were being used at the time. After reseting the volume to a comfortable level, the volume increased by itself to full volume and I had to reset it to a comfortable level.
I had problems with maintaining a constant volume level for about an hour then the problem went away by its self. I have no idea what was happening but thankfully it has never happened again.
<edited to correct a typo> I initially called my AirPods "iPods" - oops.
Yes but they have to be on the same or hosted by the same iCloud account. If they are on different accounts, then HomePod Siri won't override the device in question for instance.
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Are you sure you weren't inadvertently rolling the digital crown on your watch. I use it all the time to adjust volume and have even bumped it accidentally once or twice.
I would like:
1. Better fit in the ears, especially during active workouts. Currently one side fits snug but the other side keeps coming loose.
2. Faster switching between devices.
1. Better fit in the ears, especially during active workouts. Currently one side fits snug but the other side keeps coming loose.
2. Faster switching between devices.
You should get 1000 cycles on the battery. Thats 5000~ hours or 210 straight days.
Thanks for you response. I had never thought about that. I can't remember what I was wearing at the time but it is possible I had a long sleeve shirt with tighter fitting cuffs than what I normally wear. I hate to admit this but I didn't even realize that you could adjust the volume with the digital crown. I have adjusted volume by pressing the +/- buttons on my Apple Watch screen but I didn't know I could just use the digital crown. Thank You!
I can use the right AirPod in my left ear and vice verse. If they are in the “wrong” ear, the stems stick out a bit forward rather than pointing straight down but no problem whatsoever. In fact, perhaps due to the shape of my ear canals, I get a better bass response when I wear them in reverse.
So, try using the left one in your right ear and see if it works for you.
No, because the path to a trillion dollar company is time to market. Adding all the features up front makes the engineering impossible and will actually make it take longer to get the full featured product to market than the incremental path.
Every company asks the same question for the same reason: what's the minimum acceptable product. Define it, design it, get it out the door, then address what's left.