So the article is indicating we're asking too much of Siri and that data mining/privacy is not the issue. Yet we have the Google assistant that blows Siri out of the water. Some serious BS there.
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Siri Co-Founder Suggests Apple is 'Looking for a Level of Perfection They Can't Get' With Assistant
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Perhaps (and I don't have any specific knowledge) but either way there should be OPTIONS for customer to choose. I might like "Hey Siri" (I don't) while someone else prefer "Hey Apple" and another person prefers "Hey Buddy". End of the day it just should be that hard to give the assistant variable names.
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Not trying to start a bash-Apple thread, but perhaps Siri **IS** up to the standards of Apple projects. Are they not all becoming somewhat lack-luster?
NOTE: I like the Apple products and am, by choice, heavily vested in the ecosystem. But it's still OK to wish they would push the proverbial envelope more.
In other words, because Apple has evolved a product into a crappy product, and we tell Apple it is a crappy product, Apple will no longer further develop their crappy product.
Nice logic.
I wish Apple would allow us to make Google Assistant the default. I never use Siri other than to set a timer and it's an inconvenience to have to open the Google Assistant app to ask everything else.
Apple needs to either make some very significant progress or give up and let Google take charge.
Apple needs to either make some very significant progress or give up and let Google take charge.
Siri is more useful on the Apple Watch, but it's awful when it gets things wrong. if I ask Siri to add a reminder, which half the time it gets wrong, I can't tell Siri to remove the messed up reminder and start over, which should have been an essential feature. The lag is inexcusable as well, it shouldn't have to think about what I said for 5-10 seconds before finally returning a response.
I feel like every Siri article is only posted on MR to aggravate the natives. Mention Siri- and the thread is guaranteed to go bananas. It's such a sore spot.
In other words, because Apple has evolved a product into a crappy product, and we tell Apple it is a crappy product, Apple will no longer further develop their crappy product.
Nice logic.
Then maybe I'm imagining seeing all the...
Apple respect my privacy for Siri deficiency blah blah blah
Apple respect my location for Maps deficiency blah blah blah
Siri fails at the most basic tasks.
“Hey Siri, when is it going to stop raining?”
It can’t answer that, despite the fact it’s pulling that data into the GUI. MY disappointment with Siri is growing into a dislike of Apple, unfortunately. Such a massive miss.
“Hey Siri, when is it going to stop raining?”
It can’t answer that, despite the fact it’s pulling that data into the GUI. MY disappointment with Siri is growing into a dislike of Apple, unfortunately. Such a massive miss.
Yeah, it's hard to see Siri fall further and further behind when Google Assistant and Alexa get smarter and more useful. I love the hardware of my iPhone and several other aspects of it but assistants are a huge convenience when they work properly. I'll be keeping my eye on the next Pixel and Note.
What really bugs me is the scam that Siri was supposed to get more accurate as you use it more, as it intelligently learns your voice. I've been manually correcting queries a long time and it never makes a difference.
I used to only use Siri to set timers. I now also use it to turn off my bedroom lights at night. For anything else, it's a bit of a lottery. I just asked Siri "when is my doctor's appointment?" and was told "I didn't find any appointments about 'doctor's' in the next three months". When I asked "when is my doctor appointment?", it gave me the correct details. Are those two requests really that different?
I then really tested Siri by asking "how long will it take me to walk there?". Everybody who has ever tried Siri knows that that question was unanswerable due to the lack of contextual understanding.
We have to accept that Siri is simply "special".
I then really tested Siri by asking "how long will it take me to walk there?". Everybody who has ever tried Siri knows that that question was unanswerable due to the lack of contextual understanding.
We have to accept that Siri is simply "special".
Siri's responses are contextually based. So if you're looking directly at Siri when asking for a wikipedia article, Siri shows the article because Siri knows you're already looking at the screen. If Siri doesn't see you looking at screen when you request this, the response is to read it back to you. At least, this is what Apple engineers claim and what I've experienced intermittently.
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That's not a really good question. I found a few different days just by Googling it. Google claims it's March 20th before listing a few other dates depending on different calendars and countries.
Siri simply sucks.
Even more in other languages than English.
Try to use Siri in German and tell her to play <insert English song title> or find info on <insert English movie title>.
It's not even funny anymore.
I stopped using Siri for anything except setting timers and an occasional reminder I'll have to edit afterwards anyway.
It's a mess.
Even more in other languages than English.
Try to use Siri in German and tell her to play <insert English song title> or find info on <insert English movie title>.
It's not even funny anymore.
I stopped using Siri for anything except setting timers and an occasional reminder I'll have to edit afterwards anyway.
It's a mess.
That's funny because the other day on my HomePod I asked the same thing and Siri played a song called "Yes" by Coldplay. I tried a few variations on that question and finally got Siri to finally play the band Yes. Siri is fine for me on all my iOS devices about 90% of the time. The other 10% Siri just gets me annoyed. That would acceptable for all requests but 90% accuracy is not acceptable for just music requests especially considering that that is Siri's core functionality in HomePod.
Nope, Love it, use Siri several times daily without any real issues.
In all fairness, no other personal assistants can reschedule flights to get you home before you even check your phone to book a new one yourself given in the article's example. They're all pretty dumb but Siri might be the dumbest.
Then maybe I'm imagining seeing all the...
Apple respect my privacy for Siri deficiency blah blah blah
Apple respect my location for Maps deficiency blah blah blah
That makes little sense though.
If I am in a location and ask Siri for information GPS is active, cell tower location is active, Siri can use this, find out and give me the info and not save the information for further use. Nothing to do with privacy.
Same applies if I ask Siri and I get a readable list, while driving, instead of reading it out loud.
Things like this have nothing to do with privacy unless Siri is looking to store the information for later use.
I use Siri only for composing simple emails. Anything complicated and Siri becomes a source of frustration and anxiety. I long since disabled my homekit integration because I found myself yelling at my lights. Not good.
Anyhoo, now I have a real human assistant to do my bidding, bwa ha ha ha haaaaa.
Anyhoo, now I have a real human assistant to do my bidding, bwa ha ha ha haaaaa.
It’s odd that Apple’s dictation feature works great—fast and accurate. Yet Siri isn’t as attentive and mispronounces words. Lately, Siri speaks as if it suffered a stroke, inserting noticeable pauses between syllables. And lately, Siri is painfully slow to respond. Perhaps the latter is related to the beta iOS.
Regardless what the excuses are—scale of service, microphones, privacy considerations—Apple can’t continue to exaggerate Siri’s utility. Considering Siri’s quality, I’d hesitate to ride in an autonomous vehicle driven by Apple’s AI.
The point is her answer was March 19th 2019. What year is it fella cause it's not 2019. The answer is just wrong on every level.
It was a perfectly reasonable question.