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Do you use Siri on your iPhone?

Do you use Siri?

  • Yes all the time.

    Votes: 23 17.7%

  • Sometimes

    Votes: 55 42.3%

  • Never

    Votes: 49 37.7%

  • Don't have Siri

    Votes: 3 2.3%
  • Total voters
    130
To be honest....i use Siri whenever i remember it is there....

I wish Siri was voice activated without having to touch my iphone. I would use Siri a LOT more that way.....
 
Lord Hamsa said:
I use Siri a lot while driving, to listen to text messages received and dictate responses or to check traffic conditions. I'll also occasionally use it around the house to do a quick lookup, especially when I don't have the hands free or the time to type a full question because I'm in the middle of something (that likely could use that answer).

My most common Siri commands are:

  • "Traffic"
  • "Weather"
  • "Read texts"
  • "Reply"
  • "Message <name>"
  • "Play [artist|genre] <name>"
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Where does Siri get its traffic info from? Is it accurate?

I use it mostly to change the music I'm listening to in the car on the streaming Bluetooth from the phone. I can just hold the button, say to play "playlist XXXX" or "album XXXX", and it works correctly about 80% of the time. The other 20% of the time it may play the right artist but shuffle the music instead of the Playlist I asked for, or ask if she should look it up on the web for me...
 
psac said:
Where does Siri get its traffic info from? Is it accurate?
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Whatever Maps uses, which I assume is some combination of crowd-sourced data plus whatever data can be gleaned from local transportation departments (for example, in the DC area, I see road closures, accident info, etc., as reported from VDOT. On the whole it seems fairly accurate, but it obviously will be a little slow to report on something that just happened.

I've also used in on long trips to see if a traffic jam I'm approaching is short or worth the effort of finding a back road to bypass it, and it tends to be pretty spot-on with how far ahead I need to go to clear the problem.

I expect experience will vary based on the part of the country (or world) you're in.
 
You don't have a "not much" button. Which would be my choice. "Sometimes" seems to imply more frequently than I actually do use it.
 
I have disabled Siri because I am tired of it not working as intended very often.

It's really a hit and miss for me. Sometimes it doesn't understand me, sometimes it says it cannot answer my request and I should try again later, and sometimes it works.
When it works, it is so limited that is really totally useless for me.
I would like to use Siri to create a Calendar appointment and save it to a specific calendar, that is not the default one..Not possible.
I would like to create Tasks on different lists...Not possible

I would like that Siri understands and responds to natural language, without limitations.
Offline Siri is also very important, but Siri is unfortunately available only when connected...
 
I love siri.

I place my phone on the dash mount and use for navigating, sports and music. She can switch i tunes radio etc.

Oh and also the math comes in handy since thats with what i struggle in college :/
 
Would love too, but often times Siri does not understand my commands or just doesn't work.

I have my home and work address under my details.

If I tell siri to give me directions home...it understands, but if I ask siri to do the same for work... I get "I'm sorry, I do not have that information"
 
Every now and then (but mostly just the dictation function) if I remember to. Sometimes for making calls, assembling a quick message, looking up something, setting or turning off alarms, or if I am bored and just want to play around with it. :p
 
Weather
Google search
Settings alarms, appointments and reminders
Time in other countries
Movie times and ratings
General trivia like "who stars in [insert movie here]"
And I've recently started using it to read my notifications, since I get a lot of tweets show up in notification center during the day.

Siri has grown a lot since it started, and the potential for the future is huge. I would love to see it go always-on like the moto x does with google now, but we're gonna need some serious battery & software enhancements before that becomes possible without losing usage time between charges.
 
If I do use SIRI it's only when I'm driving. I enjoying being able to hear an incoming text and sending a text without looking down. It's a huge advantage for those who drive often during work hours.
 
I have used it for hands-free navigation and basic questions. Before the Packers-49ers game my brother asked me what the point spread was. I said I did not know and he said, you have that fancy phone, find out. I asked Siri and was surprised to get an immediate answer. Not sure why I was surprised, I just was.;)
 
cwwilson said:
I think it is a gimmick so no. Why would I ask it to do something when it'd be faster to just do it myself?
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Do... you... talk... really... slow?

Alarms, timers, reminders, looking up addresses, movie times, upcoming matches, current scores, image searches... all can be done quicker with Siri.
 
SeenJeen said:
Do... you... talk... really... slow?

Alarms, timers, reminders, looking up addresses, movie times, upcoming matches, current scores, image searches... all can be done quicker with Siri.
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No. But I know how to use iOS effectively enough to get things done without the help of an assistant.
 
I use Siri a lot...mainly for making phone calls so I don't have to search through like a billion contacts just to find one...or I ask long math problems like (1445/5742.74)x123(1959.4)
 
When I first got my 5s I used it a little.
But lately Siri does not understand me when I try to send SMS via it. I even said my personal assistant is stupid and it butchered it up.
 
I've noticed that Siri makes the same mistakes as a real person does. For example, If I'm speaking on the phone to a person and I tell them my last name… they always say/spell it wrong. Siri does the same thing. With Siri you can teach her how to say the name correctly. Also, in Address book you can give your Contacts a "nickname".. So that Siri can locate them faster. For example "John Doe" nickname is "Jay Bird" or "JD".


Siri reminds me of that feature in OSX that's been around since 2004. I think APple called it Speak? You could ask a question or ask to open an Application.

I use Siri a lot especially when I'm in the car. I made up nicknames for my friends which is fun when calling them. i.e. "dial my hooker on the curb". "call my trick in the honda" lol :eek:
 
I use it regularly for setting location based reminders when I'm out and about. For example "remind me to pay the cable bill when I get home". It's very handy.
 
The Doctor11 said:
I have an iPhone 4 so I can't use Siri on my phone but always wish I could. I love using Siri on my iPad but all my friend that have Siri on there phones they say they never use Siri.
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Whoa wait a minute siri on iPad?

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I use it sometimes. The reason for that is because I forget that I have Siri.
 
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