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Siri is Now Actively Used on More Than Half a Billion Devices
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Siri is the first thing I disable on all of my iDevices.
Imagine doing a performance review on Siri if she were your assistant. She'd need a support person.
Well, honestly... one can be an Apple fan, but it makes most sense to remain on watch and critical. I am unfortunately never going to give any more personal info to Google, even if it is debatable whether that makes more sense or not.
But... shall I search the web for “does it make sense”?
Totally agree. I love all things Apple.... apart from Siri. You may think she’s good, and I did - but only because I’d never tried speaking to Alexa. Once you do you’ll realize it’s black and white. I believe anyone who says otherwise simply hasn’t used an Echo.
I agree with you, but there are absolutely things Siri is totally oblivious to that she could be figure out locally. I don't want Apple or Google or Amazon uploading everything I say to their assistant, but Siri can and should be integrating information far better on the actual device. She has no sense of context and no ability to chain queries together. There is also no reason why she can't be integrated with third-party apps (other than Apple holding back for some dumb reason).
That being said, Siri is actually fantastic on Apple TV. She hears very well, has great knowledge of content (titles, actors, directors, genres, etc.) and can control most aspects of the device (subtitles, scrubbing, settings, etc.). Why can’t she be similar on iPhone/Mac/Watch?
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I asked Hey Google and Alexa “Who is Legolas’s father?” They both quickly answered “Thranduil”.
I asked Siri the same question.
First she told me she doesn’t know who my father is (but apparently thinks I’m talking about someone who is “legless”.
I tried again and she said that I don’t have a Lego List but she can make one for me.
Oh Siri.
Let’s hope she can hear much better on the Home Pod.
I could not get Siri to understand what I was asking. I had to spell out the name. Keep in mind this doesn’t confuse the other search assistants. They seem to know there is a Legolas out there and that I’m asking about him.
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I had no problem when asking the same question. First attempt... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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That’s great! How did you get it to recognize Legolas’ name? I got everyone who is home tonight ...hubby, teenager, to try and we all got stuck with legless and Lego lists!
My husband also asked Siri “Who was the homerun king?” and she couldn’t answer, but Alexa and Google home rattled off the answer and some extra information. I suppose there’s a way of eliciting the information by asking the question a bit more precisely. But if you’re going to speak more colloquially, Alexa and Google seem to be more adept at accommodating that.
Yeah Siri is frustratingly retarded and I don’t understand how Apple continues to let her exist like this... but if you go back you’ll remember that Siri was an app and it was a SMART app. After Apple bought it they dumbed her down to fit their desires and she’s never been the same since... it’s quite embarrassing actually... I was hopeful that the wolfram alpha integration would’ve made her an amazingly smart assistant yet the damn **** can’t understand anything I say
Siri got me into the 4S in the first place. Played with it a while and then it becomes obvious that it needs to be treated like a sidekick instead of a main feature.
I can ask her "When is the Canadian Thanksgiving?" and "When is Thanksgiving in Canada?", but she would give me different answers.
I can ask her "When is the Canadian Thanksgiving?" and "When is Thanksgiving in Canada?", but she would give me different answers.
I asked Hey Google and Alexa “Who is Legolas’s father?” They both quickly answered “Thranduil”.
I asked Siri the same question.
First she told me she doesn’t know who my father is (but apparently thinks I’m talking about someone who is “legless”.
I tried again and she said that I don’t have a Lego List but she can make one for me.
Oh Siri.
Let’s hope she can hear much better on the Home Pod.
I could not get Siri to understand what I was asking. I had to spell out the name. Keep in mind this doesn’t confuse the other search assistants. They seem to know there is a Legolas out there and that I’m asking about him.
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Siri is so useless. They need a complete from scratch redesign of Siri, whatever approach they've been going with is just not working. Her biggest problem is her lack of insight. Apple do not seem to be giving Siri the information it needs to give relevant answers to common and obscure questions like Google and to a lesser extent Amazon are with their assistants.
99.9% of my interactions with Siri are to set local reminders and timers because she can easily understand the phrases "Remind me" and "Set timer". These are very basic commands. Ask her anything where she has no frame of reference for the context of the question and she basically is as good as a 50/50 coin flip.
I honestly think the smart speaker with Siri is coming out way too soon. Siri needs to get a lot smarter before a product like this is worth paying money for and honestly I feel that Apple is being extremely arrogant to put this out at $349 expecting us to buy them, that's before I even get into the fact that it's not a Stereo speaker and Stereo mode won't be available unless you buy two of them for a combined total of $698 and even then the software to make Stereo mode work isn't out yet with no date as to when it will be.
Just ridiculous.
I started using it on my iMac, which does help for mundane functions, for example "Hey Siri, turn ON night shift."
Apple should have done more with their purchase, seven years is a long time, Siri should be the best, Alexa isn't half as old and Google Assistant is younger still.
Bixby does more than Siri....
Bixby does more than Siri....
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I recall another fruit company that fell into the very exact same trap. Let's recap they don't make any physical products anymore (phones, their tablet was a pure joke) ... remember BlackBerry?
"this is not true I did not hit her, I did not. Oh hey Mark." Siri is dumb as F. Even integration with Homekit doesn't work. You have to repeat several times to switch off or on the lights. I do not have Alexa so I can not compare, but claiming actively using Siri, I do not believe that, because it doesn't work."