Lol. I truly hope Apple completely replace Siri. I know she got a brother or sister….where’s the siblings?
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Siri on HomePod Seems to Have Forgotten How to Give the Time
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At some point in the last 24 hours, Siri on the HomePod and the HomePod mini seems to have forgotten how to relay the time. When asking Siri "what time is it?" Siri is unable to answer and directs users to the iPhone.
"I found some web results, I can show them if you ask again from your iPhone," is Siri's full response to the time question. If you ask what time it is in a specific location, Siri is able to respond, and Siri on iPhone, iPad, and Mac provides the time as usual when asked.
This is a bug that Apple will be able to fix server side, so it will likely be addressed quickly. In the meantime, to get the time from Siri on the HomePod without having to swap to an iPhone, include your location.
Siri has long been ridiculed for failing to understand requests and not providing the expected information, and small bugs like this are a bit embarrassing as Apple prepares for a major AI update.
For the last several months, Siri has also been struggling with HomeKit commands, and there have been many complaints from smart home users. Asking Siri to "turn off the lights in the living room," for example, often results in the lights being turned on or turned off in another room entirely. Hopefully some of these issues will be solved with a Siri overhaul in iOS 18 and its sister updates.
(Thanks, Ben!)
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1) HomePods suck, terrible lag issues
2) Siri is as useful as a 40-year alcoholic.
2) Siri is as useful as a 40-year alcoholic.
it forgot how to do basic HomeKit tasks it had no issues with 6 years ago too..and i wont get started on how much the airplay 2 ability and reliability has devolved…
its easy to hate on Siri... but I chose to take this as a sign they are in the middle of swapping it out for something far better
. I know, just let me dream please!"Hopefully some of these issues will be solved with a Siri overhaul in iOS 18 and its sister updates." You must be new here...
It’s like Apple put a bunch of summer interns (that are studying basket weaving) in charge of Siri…
"Hopefully some of these issues will be solved with a Siri overhaul in iOS 18 and its sister updates."
No, hopefully Siri will be put out to pasture and a whole new solution - that's actually on par with competitors - will emerge.
No, hopefully Siri will be put out to pasture and a whole new solution - that's actually on par with competitors - will emerge.
Siri is to apple what clippy was to microsoft.
My HomePod tells me it’s found some web results and my brother’s HomePod plays a song so it’s made its way to the UK
Don't worry, everyone: adding A.I. will *definitely* make Siri work better 🤔
Your personal assistant can't tell the time? Just add A.I.
It can't tell you who directed a movie? You guessed it: A.I.
It pulls obscure cover versions of a song instead of the most-listened to version? A.I.!!
Your personal assistant can't tell the time? Just add A.I.
It can't tell you who directed a movie? You guessed it: A.I.
It pulls obscure cover versions of a song instead of the most-listened to version? A.I.!!
Siri on my AW Ultra 2 forgot that just saying the name of a workout should start a new one, as in "Outdoor walk", "Outdoor cycle" or "Traditional strength training" triggered those respective workouts.
For a few days I had to append "workout" to each one of those commands.
It seems fixed now though.
For a few days I had to append "workout" to each one of those commands.
It seems fixed now though.
Didn't Apple make a big deal about Siri being "on device" a couple of years back? Why would a basic question like "tell me the time" have to go to the cloud?
Generally speaking, Siri's intent classification seems to have gotten worse the last couple of years, not better. All I can hope for is that they've essentially iced the old limited models and are working around the clock on LLMs and beefing up the AI capabilities of their next gen Apple Silicon.
Generally speaking, Siri's intent classification seems to have gotten worse the last couple of years, not better. All I can hope for is that they've essentially iced the old limited models and are working around the clock on LLMs and beefing up the AI capabilities of their next gen Apple Silicon.
Siri has been having a really rough year in our home. They are all over the place, sometimes responding from a room at the other end of the house, sometimes doesn’t know who is speaking, can access music on and off…depending on mood.
Fix ages-old software issues? ❎
Spend $300B on figuring out how to shave .0002" of the next iPhone? ✅
Siri has done more harm to ’s reputation than good
Imagine needing to request a server to tell the time.
Yes, this happens. Once she said "I am having difficulties to connect to the internet" (or something like that) when I asked the time.
Siri on homepod is just the worst Apple experience.