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iOS 18 Rumored to Feature Major Siri Improvements
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I don't ask much. When I say "start timer for 30 minutes" just don't start for 10 minutes.
That's it.
That's it.
Or how about when you ask Siri what the current dew point is Siri actually tells you instead of sending you to a Wikipedia page for the definition of dew point. 🤦🏼♀️
at most a new springboard design. the overall component library is very robust. I'd hate for them to redo everything.
You could say "Siri, set timer for 40 minutes" 🤩 Help Siri help you.
I don't care about GIFs and shortcuts. Siri is such rubbish that about two thirds of my attempts to use it for Calendar entries or To Do list items are fails. It is truly pathetic and it learns nothing. It messes up one entry, and I patiently correct it. I then immediately put in a near-identical second entry and makes all the same mistakes. It was absolutely woeful.
Me too, and also because it used to trigger in meetings etc. even when I did not say, "Hey Siri." A couple of months back I turned it on again, thinking it must be better by now, and it is time to see if it can help me at work for the most part. Well, it can't. It is utter garbage. Time to turn it off again, I think.
I honestly think it depends what you’re asking. I get better food recommendations from Siri.
EVERY OS update claims to have "fixed" Siri and it just gets worse. It can't understand this college educated plain american accent of mine half the time (google did 95% of the time when I had Android - 6 years ago)! In 2023 & the world of AI it's a disgrace that Apple can't improve speech recognition and results.
Then your opinion likely really doesn’t matter because you don’t have recent experience using it.
So, do we wait till 2025 for iPhones or? Lol. It is kind of sad cause I have Alexa right now and every few months I check HomePod compatibility cause I would love to switch since Apple seems to be more secure with your info than Amazon, but the commands and the third-party services and devices that don't work with Siri and HomePod holds me back.
I hope in 2025 I finally get to switch to HomePod.
I hope in 2025 I finally get to switch to HomePod.
All well and good, I guess, but I truly don't care about a faster way to make GIFs or do nerdy crap like that. Honestly who cares?
Siri will truly become useful to me when I can say:
"find a time on my calendar tomorrow morning for a 15 minute call with Mike Smith, and then text him an invite with a FaceTime link".
"look up a recipe on [website] for marinated chicken breast and add the ingredients to the shopping list"
"if the forecast changes to rain tomorrow morning, remind me to grab an umbrella before I catch the train to work"
"find a place to go on a gentle hike with my kid Sunday morning at 10am and put it on my calendar"
... and just generally connecting the dots between all these apps I use and have given it permission to root around in.
I guess we'll get there at some point, but when I hear about **** like making GIFs it just makes me mad. I don't need more ways to waste time.
Should start with Siri (aka hey siri) on multiple devices! Do you know how often 3-4 devices decide to do ****? My watch, phone, Mac etc so Siri is usually useless to me
Great... by iOS 21 Siri will make all the decisions for us, including initiation of nuclear strikes. Thanks Skyri...
Those look exactly like the current icons but with slightly more rounded corners. Hardly a radical redesign? 😆
"Siri, give me driving directions home." Except the default directions are set to Walking, so Siri gives you walking directions for the 6hr walk home. Maybe in iOS 19, they can get directions right.
Thanks Siri!
Thanks Siri!
(Off topic, but yes, dew point is seriously underrated as an index of comfortable weather. Humidity percentage varies so much by temperature it's basically useless as a rule of thumb, but dew point is consistent: if it's much above 55° you're gonna start feeling sticky when it's hot.)
And now all you americans imagine you try to use siri to call some of your contacts (with non american/english names)… that is really funny game, you have to imagine how should these names sound in English to give siri chance to choose right person - well, success rate aint big😂
