As of tonight, I’m fed up.

[tweaknmod]

I couldn’t find my phone, so I asked Siri on my apple watch where my phone was, thinking it would point me in the direction and tell me how many meters it was away. Nope - right to ringing an alarm on my phone. Well, it just so happens that the phone happened to be in my three-year-old son’s bed - must have fallen out when reding him a story shortly before.

He lost his tiny mind… poor thing. He just screamed, staring at the beeping/blinking phone as I screatched into the room…

The best part though was after I calmed him down and laid with him for a few minutes, I gave him a kiss and got up, wishing him sweet dreams. As I’m walking out of his room, he sits up again and tells me to make sure I don’t forget my phone, bahahah!! Little muggins….

Anyway, this isn’t me saying “mY kiD wAs Hrt!!”

This is me having enough of the … state of Apple devices when working in concert.

Default to sound ping immediately? Really? No confirmation input?

This may be a fluke - and it’s amplified by the fact that I had to console my crying kid (though it was pretty funny to see him bolt-upright just freaking out at my phone beeping). I’m just kinda done with hoping Apple is going to turn around their bloated boat into more lean and deliberate waters.

It’s never been a perfect system, and it never will be a perfect system. I’m not looking for perfect – I’m looking for consistent and rational.

Gonna trade my gear for the Android equivalents and see what’s been cooking on the other side all these years. I think it’s been almost 10 years since I’ve had an Android phone.

This is gonna be fun!

 

[robvalentine]

When I use my Garmin (not a smart watch to be fair) to find my pixel, it makes the phone beep... As much as I now prefer android, I'm not sure it will solve that issue.

It will solve many others though

 

[Slartibart]

so I asked Siri on my apple watch where my phone was

considering tasking Siri with this… you sir are one of the brave ones. 🙃

besides: adding to @robvalentine - Samsung, Huawei and Google watches will make the phone beep - similar to »Find my« on Apple Watch.

 

[Technerd108]

I couldn’t find my phone, so I asked Siri on my apple watch where my phone was, thinking it would point me in the direction and tell me how many meters it was away. Nope - right to ringing an alarm on my phone. Well, it just so happens that the phone happened to be in my three-year-old son’s bed - must have fallen out when reding him a story shortly before.

He lost his tiny mind… poor thing. He just screamed, staring at the beeping/blinking phone as I screatched into the room…

The best part though was after I calmed him down and laid with him for a few minutes, I gave him a kiss and got up, wishing him sweet dreams. As I’m walking out of his room, he sits up again and tells me to make sure I don’t forget my phone, bahahah!! Little muggins….

Anyway, this isn’t me saying “mY kiD wAs Hrt!!”

This is me having enough of the … state of Apple devices when working in concert.

Default to sound ping immediately? Really? No confirmation input?

This may be a fluke - and it’s amplified by the fact that I had to console my crying kid (though it was pretty funny to see him bolt-upright just freaking out at my phone beeping). I’m just kinda done with hoping Apple is going to turn around their bloated boat into more lean and deliberate waters.

It’s never been a perfect system, and it never will be a perfect system. I’m not looking for perfect – I’m looking for consistent and rational.

Gonna trade my gear for the Android equivalents and see what’s been cooking on the other side all these years. I think it’s been almost 10 years since I’ve had an Android phone.

This is gonna be fun!

Mess with your kids and it's game on!!

I am half joking here but I understand the sentiment behind the post. There is a cut off point for everything and everyone and when your kids are involved that is usually it.

So I get it. Take some time to reflect on the situation. Then decide what you want to do. You might just end up laughing it off and continuing with what you have. That is what most people would ultimately end up doing. If you are really willing to make a big change then now is a great time as any. Of course nothing is perfect.

I would buy a couple Android phones you might be interested in and even buy a compatible watch at the same time since you like smartwatches. If you can afford it buy 2 models one after the other, like a Pixel and Pixel watch and s25ultra and galaxy watch of your choice. Test them for 10 days each. See a) if you like either one and b) if you prefer one over another. Try them exclusively without using your iPhone but don't sell your iPhone yet.

You may need to try more than one headset in one brand until you find a fit. So this process could take a while of buying and returning sets. Test 10 days, return, buy another, test 10 days return. Rinse and repeat.

Once you settle on something you like assuming you do then buy the set you like for real. Then after all this time using Android you should have a good idea if it is better for you than iOS and to make sure it doesn't suffer from similar errors. Then you could hang on to your iPhone just to be able to use both and see if bugs get fixed while you use your Android phone or sell it.

Good luck either way. Just hope no matter what happens there are no more scares for your kids!!

Worst thing is a big noise after you just got them to 😴 sleep!!!

 

[sjsharksfan12]

Reading your story and a lot of the other people's experiences, this is the first year of WWDC where I probably won't watch the keynote. I remember when they demoed this in a video (Probably 2 years ago?) and I'm not surprised it doesn't work when it comes to Siri. They need to have keynotes where they are actually demonstrating what they are selling. You want to talk about mis and disinformation, that keynote was basically a clear example of misinformation last year. How can I believe videos of what they think will happen when those videos were a lie. I was thinking about going back to Apple in time, but I'm too impressed with the Assistant on Samsung to leave. Apple needs to get people's trust back, and having video ads dressed as their annual Keynote is not a way to do it.