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Siri performance getting worse?
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I never thought I would use Siri before I got an iP5, but now I use it all the time, especially for sending Texts/iMessage.
I don't really notice the wait from me speaking to Siri working out what I want, but I do have to speak slowly otherwise it doesn't recognize my accent !
Does Siri use different servers depending on where you are geographically located? That may account for some people seeing a lag, but others not ?
I don't really notice the wait from me speaking to Siri working out what I want, but I do have to speak slowly otherwise it doesn't recognize my accent !
Does Siri use different servers depending on where you are geographically located? That may account for some people seeing a lag, but others not ?
South Florida. I've seen maybe 5 or 6 other Siri-capable phones. All suffer from lag of death at times. Other times it can work fast. Inconsistent and maddening.
Siri works just well enough to depend on and just poor enough to make you want to throw the phone across the room.
Siri works just well enough to depend on and just poor enough to make you want to throw the phone across the room.
It certainly sounds like Siri is very dependant upon network. Do you generally have a good 3G signal when it works?
Siri can call on her face even when I'm on break Wi-Fi. That's all on her face and rate Wi-Fi. Fall on her face great Wi-Fi. Dictated by Siri.
Siri after update 6.1
Hi All,
Since you're all discussing Siri.
I can't say I'm a Siri "pro" but I use it occasionally and most of that is in my car for finding and dialling numbers, via BT. After updating my IP5 the other day, with 6.1, Siri just seems to hang and be non-repsonsive in my car - but works OK outside the car.
Also, I'm not even sure that Siri was updated this time - but it has definitely changed.
Perhaps the BT was upgraded/changed? Can anyone confirm?
Is it just me or are there some others that are also having trouble since the update?
Hi All,
Since you're all discussing Siri.
I can't say I'm a Siri "pro" but I use it occasionally and most of that is in my car for finding and dialling numbers, via BT. After updating my IP5 the other day, with 6.1, Siri just seems to hang and be non-repsonsive in my car - but works OK outside the car.
Also, I'm not even sure that Siri was updated this time - but it has definitely changed.
Perhaps the BT was upgraded/changed? Can anyone confirm?
Is it just me or are there some others that are also having trouble since the update?
Siri was introduced with the iPhone 4S last year as was dubbed as a beta. It is IOS 6.1 and Siri is still in a beta. With beta's come imperfections, issues, bugs......etc. I understand the frustration, but Siri is not complete.
It will trust me on this. IOS 6.1 has brought more to Siri then IOS 5 did. IOS 7 will bring Siri to a whole new level. Possible offline mode. Siri is going to keep getting better and better by the updates. Nothing is perfect, even Androids, "siri", but they improve.
Why should I believe that with so much evidence to the contrary?
This past week Siri's gone stupid and auto-failing every dictated SMS. Only commonality is people without imessage enabled auto-fail, but it fails silently so I don't know a message hasn't delivered until I go into the app and see the fail symbol on a given name. This is new behavior it didn't used to do.
This past week Siri's gone stupid and auto-failing every dictated SMS. Only commonality is people without imessage enabled auto-fail, but it fails silently so I don't know a message hasn't delivered until I go into the app and see the fail symbol on a given name. This is new behavior it didn't used to do.
I found this blog looking for an answer.... So since there is not one I will toss my 2 cents in. iPhone 5 w/6.1.3 and I am having the same issues. When I first got the phone it was snappy and it figured my voice and had 95% correct. Now it's delayed in response...and misses 50% of the words... I guess I am still looking for an answer. Da Zoot
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=kuYY19A4ISc
Real time siri conversation!
Skip to the end with the music if you get bored.
Real time siri conversation!
Skip to the end with the music if you get bored.
If you found this due to my problem, the answer ended up being resetting network settings. Evidently things got a bit mucked up and no typical reboot would set things right.
This will fix Siri failing when dictating to SMS. Siri tripping over itself in general, no solution.
The only other thing you can do is airplane mode, set it on and off and you'll reset your tower connection. I've found this can improve voice and data performance. There are also certain deadspots around town, places where the coverage always fails. I'm guessing it's maybe a radio shadow, bad tower. That's squarely on the carrier, naturally, not Apple's fault. But when I'm at home on wifi and Siri fails, that's all Apple.
As long as Siri is just a voice activated personal assistant, it will still be far behind Google Now. I really hope Apple incorporates it into more than just a service for voice commands in iOS7.
dude we're talking about voice recognition you will be waiting about 100 years before its reliable.
I think the failure in siri service is down to apple not having the server power like google has to deliver a reliable service.
dont want to start a flame war but google has moved on. You now have an open mic to the server and it transcribes each word as you say it instead of recording the whole phrase and sending it to the server like apple does.
they need to invest some of that mountain of cash they're sitting on.
I find it just as reliable as before.
Granted, I only use it at home but it never seemed particularly slow.
Granted, I only use it at home but it never seemed particularly slow.