Apple needs to go Ex Machina on Siri and make her sentient. Go Apple!
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Gurman: Apple Working On Revamped Siri Experience That Doesn't Require 'Hey Siri' Trigger Phrase
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Being able to change the cringeworthy trigger word would be nice. I'd love to be able to address it as Orac
I don't care what it's called, just make it smarter! I want Cyberdyne-level AI right now!
I imagine that like the insult dueling in Monkey Island.
Cook should beg Bezos for an Alexa license.
What i need is a way to change "Siri" to something else entirely. My speech impairment makes it impossible to say that word in a way Siri recognizes. ☹️
Awesome. Apple wants your phone to be listening to everything you say now. Yay privacy!
Not even logical to drop the "Hey". Like other stated they neglected Siri for a long time.
The watch can already do this. You don't need to say Hey Siri - just raise and speak. Software wise, this is already a solved problem. The issue is how to do this in a deliberate way with phones and HomePods without false activations.
It truly is pathetic. It’s been over 10 years and feels like it’s only gotten worse
Can't wait to see the improvements Apple is making. It needs to be flawless if it's going to be the interface for their glasses.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Siri is borked, but the user here doesn't learn very fast and is about as smart as Siri.
Hey Siri is the lowest thing on the Siri priority list from my perspective. Alexa is far more useful and responsive day-to-day around the house when inquiring about random things, cooking instructions, etc. Siri most often tells me to ask again from my iPhone.
Easy improvement would be alternative trigger phrases like Alexa has.
I have to disable Siri on all devices permanently (not necessarily a bad thing) except for HomePod, just to make the HomePod usable.
I have to disable Siri on all devices permanently (not necessarily a bad thing) except for HomePod, just to make the HomePod usable.
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What? No. Instead of 'hey Siri', it's using the wrist raise action as a prompt to listen. This is not the same problem at all.
There’s no Apple customer complaining about Siri
My wife is British. She and Siri have communication problems.
I do not really want Siri "awake" all the time. So easy then to have all of our communications monitored by some outside authority without our knowledge. Read George Orwells "1984" written in 1954 to see how this will play out. We are nearly there now. We power off the Home Pods so we can chat in the living room.
The ethernet cable going to the television on the wall works in both directions and a small monitoring camera in the bezel would allow visual monitoring. Many TVs are already "voice" controlled...... How about that iPhone, iPad, and laptops with video cameras for FaceTime? We put a sticker over the camera on the iPads and laptops.
How about the alarm cameras throughout the house?
We the people have made it ever so easy to be monitored 24/7 in the "privacy" of our own homes.....
I do not really want Siri "awake" all the time. So easy then to have all of our communications monitored by some outside authority without our knowledge. Read George Orwells "1984" written in 1954 to see how this will play out. We are nearly there now. We power off the Home Pods so we can chat in the living room.
The ethernet cable going to the television on the wall works in both directions and a small monitoring camera in the bezel would allow visual monitoring. Many TVs are already "voice" controlled...... How about that iPhone, iPad, and laptops with video cameras for FaceTime? We put a sticker over the camera on the iPads and laptops.
How about the alarm cameras throughout the house?
We the people have made it ever so easy to be monitored 24/7 in the "privacy" of our own homes.....
I'm all for Siri improvements, but they should probably focus on their evident server-side issues first. *Every* time I want to turn "living room lamp to X percent," Siri first says it can't find anything in Home with that name. The second time it works immediately. Just one of many, many, many, many examples.
100% this. Siri was initially introduced as nothing more than a gimmick, but then competitors began developing useful versions and for some reason Apple has never cared to follow suit. Siri remains almost as useless as introduced on the 4S…
Why not let me turn off Siri and turn on Google or Alexa for the system wide AI assistant ?
Do you ever leave your house? There are cameras EVERYWHERE in public watching you!
I just want an alternate trigger name. Siri can refer to any device in the room, but I’d also like to call out my HomePod, Watch, iPhone, and Mac by name.
Perhaps it’s me who’s the odd one out. I find it excellent for sending a quick text to my wife when out and about. Just take my phone out of my pocket, no need to unlock and squint at the screen in the sunshine. Just say “ Hey Siri, message *wife* that I’m on my way and it’s done