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Weird Siri Glitch

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Woochifer

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Apr 22, 2007
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On iOS 8, Siri seems to work a lot faster. But, it is acting weird. At first, it would not accept any requests this morning.

And then I asked for directions to Cupertino City Hall, and it gave me directions to Philadelphia City Hall. To check and see if something weird is going on, I asked for other random city halls, and Siri kept directing back to Philadelphia City Hall.

For whatever reason, Siri keeps wanting to direct me to Philadelphia. Philly was the first out of town trip I took with my 5s less than a week after I activated it, and I did stay at a hotel close to Philadelphia City Hall.

Has anyone else noticed this when asking for "city hall" directions?
 
I just attempted directions to Knoxville Cuty Hall and it did the same thing, gave me directions to Philadelphia City Hall
 
Wow that's weird, I just asked for directions to City Hall, and it gave me directions to Philadelphia City Hall! Zoomed out to Earth view and everything (I'm in LA).

I know when it can't decipher what you just said whether due to background noise or unclear speech, it'll say it's not taking any requests. If you say it again clearly it'll work again. Sometimes that can be the situation.
 
Thanks everyone. Wow, this is REALLY a strange bug.

And it's not like Siri is misreading anything. When I asked for "Cupertino City Hall" that's what Siri spelled out on screen. But, then it would turn around and give me directions to Philadelphia City Hall.

I thought it was a peculiarity to my phone because I went to Philly last year just two days after activating my phone. Most of the early activity on my phone did actually occur around Philadelphia City Hall.

Funny thing is that if I use voice entry for "Cupertino City Hall" with Maps, then Cupertino City Hall shows up exactly like it should.
 
LOL Good catch, been developing with iOS 8 since June, never knew. Why Philadelphia City Hall? Random.
 
I'm in northern Norway, and Siri wanted to take me to Philadelphia city hall also, instead of my local city hall. Now that's what I call one hell of a detour!!!
 
Running iOS 7.1.2 here on an iPad 3.

Siri also takes me to the Philadelphia City Hall after asking for directions to City Hall without specifying a city.

So it's not an iOS 8 issue.

Jon...
 
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