Since receiving my iPhone 5, Siri has been snappy and fast...sometimes. At other times, it is incredibly slow (taking maybe 20 seconds or more to respond to something). At its worst, it just tells me that there's been a problem and after a minute it times out. This has been happening on 4G, LTE, and WiFi networks. Are Apple's servers just slammed, or could it be something else?
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Siri timing out or taking a long time?
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Siri has been timing out or acting up ever since I got the iPhone 5 on Friday.
It's obviously a problem on Apple's end. You would think that they would add Siri capacity if the service is suffering from load issues multiple days in a row.
It doesn't seem to matter what time of day it is either. The brand new Siri experience for me has been very spotty.
It's obviously a problem on Apple's end. You would think that they would add Siri capacity if the service is suffering from load issues multiple days in a row.
It doesn't seem to matter what time of day it is either. The brand new Siri experience for me has been very spotty.
I spent some time this weekend with friends, asking Siri stupid questions and laughing at her sometimes sarcastic responses.
I bet I'm not the only one doing this on his new toy. So things are going to be slow until folks get over the new shiny and start using it mainly for important stuff.
Just give it a few days.
I bet I'm not the only one doing this on his new toy. So things are going to be slow until folks get over the new shiny and start using it mainly for important stuff.
Just give it a few days.
I remember when the 4S came out, Siri was extremely frustrating. Especially in the late fall and early winter, it would never work...I'd always get a "I'm sorry, but I can't take requests right now" and when it did work, it would take ages.
But by late winter/early spring, it cleared up and was fast as ever. I think it's just network congestion due to the release of the iPhone 5.
But by late winter/early spring, it cleared up and was fast as ever. I think it's just network congestion due to the release of the iPhone 5.
Siri is having issues with me too. I first thought it was due to the wifi issue people were having since this was at home. Away from home, where I get LTE, I still have issue. It gives me the temperature for Texas when I'm in NYC and it doesn't respond to my questions.
I've just started with Siri, having the iPhone 4 until last week when my iPhone 5 was delivered. Siri is incredibly slow! Sometimes, she doesn't respond at all. I'm on wifi at the moment. Is this an Apple issue or an iOS6 issue? Or the iPhone itself? 
I've had a couple of times where Siri has done this too. Today the most recent - it's a little irritating but I just had to Google the closest ATM's instead