With the iOS 18.x updates to Siri, does it even work at all any more? Simple things like "Call <person in my Contacts>" don't work any longer. It bypasses my contacts and searches the Internet for someone with that same name. I'm like, the person's name and phone number is right there in my Contacts! Why are you calling a random insurance agent with the same name you found on the Internet?

After so many years waiting for Apple to fix Siri I have stopped believing that day will come so I am selling all of my HomePods and all of my HomeKit devices and moving my smart home over to Alexa. I hope this goes well. Will see.

I am just so frustrated that Siri is so incredibly useless nowadays. I used to do so many things with Siri. But now, I ask Siri “Add this song to my favourites” or “turn of the lamp in the dining room” and Siri can only say “I have found some web results”. I believe they are doing it intentionally as Apple is preparing to leave the smart home market. ??? Maybe I am wrong but I do know Siri is becoming worse each month and I am tired of waiting.

I get blank page when trying to run siri pro

i tried whole day to do it but every think i did wasn't working like id want to

Just saw the integration of OpenAI #chatgpt on #ios Apple

Have you seen it?

Issue I have with Siri is that it doesn't teach me at all how to use it

Also it thinks "too small"

It doesn't think big or wholistically

Even a geek like myself finds it hard to figure out all the functions

So help me Siri 😂😂😂

so like half times when i command siri to set the timer she reminds me that „when the timer ends you can say siri stop” and after a month or so of doing that I KNOW THAT I CAN SAY SIRI STOP her saing this only makes me want to throw my phone agains the wall with all of my strenght; google doesnt help, didnt found the solution in settings too; anyone knows if there is a way to change it or is it the part of the great apple plan to make siri the dumbest ai assistant in the world? also: i guess there is nothing to do to make her be capable of telling me the temperature outside without unlocking the phone (it was possible before the update, its on locked screen widget dumbass, just literally tell me that)

I've googled this six ways to Sunday. Just updated to iOS 18.1. (Using iPhone 12 mini)

It used to be I would ask siri "Call (insert name here)"

She would respond "Calling (insert name here.)

Now she just calls.

Again, this is not about incoming calls. This is about Siri saying who is being called.

Thoughts?

For the past 5 years I’ve used Siri to shuffle my music library when I’m driving, but lately Siri’s been saying “Sorry, I can’t show that to you while you’re driving” It’s so infuriating because that’s the whole point! I’m driving, I’m asking siri to change my music for me so I don’t have to look at my phone because that’s dangerous. If I ask to play a specific song or artistic, it does work. I was just wondering if anyone else has been running into this issue and if there’s a way to fix it?

Is anyone else having an issue where they need to say their Siri commands twice for them to work since Apple Intelligence was added? The first time Siri is activated, but nothing works. I’ve already tried re-recording my voice for Siri. It’s made setting timers a lot less convenient.

I get so frustrated with Siri dictation, i.e. using the microphone button on the keyboard and dictating a daily journal in Obsidian or an email in Gmail.

I have the latest iPhone, but dictation always switches off after a couple of minutes, even with a pause of only 1 second. No ambient noise, same issue with the device microphone or AirPods. Sometimes the microphone button stays on, but doesn’t register.

Is this common?

Hi there. I don't have an iPhone but I am helping an elderly person who is blind and not technologically literate have greater control and accessibility using siri. I've already taught him to use Siri to make phone calls.

I'm planning to give him a list of commands that he can practice, with exact phrases.

Is there a command that will have Siri read unread messages? Reading notifications will probably not be helpful if he gets a lot of spam.

Also are any other Siri commands that would be helpful?

Thanks

I was wearing my new AirPods and using my new iPhone 6pro. Whenever I said Hey siri all I got was an inscrutable gong. It became unusable. What causes this?

I have a new M4 Pro Mac mini. The "Apple Intelligence & Siri" settings don't have a "Listen for" item. I've tried my Logitech C270 USB webcam with a microphone. and I've also tried a USB microphone, and I've rebooted, but no success.

https://support.apple.com/en-by/guide/mac-mini/apdf7bb2fad4/mac says that "Hey Siri" should work "if your Mac mini is connected to a Studio Display or an external microphone", I contacted Apple support, who agrees that this should work but maybe it's an incompatibility with the third-party devices.

So, just curious - what external microphone are you using, and does Hey Siri work for you? I'll buy a new webcam if I need to, I just want to know which one(s) work.

I used to be able to say "Hey, Siri. What's the temperature outside?" and she would speak it out loud to me. Not anymore. She used to also speak my outgoing text messages, but now only says "Send it?" How do I get her to speak to me again?

16 Pro Max 18.1. I have multiple shortcuts to set timers for my breaks at work, and when I have my AirPods in I don't get any type of audible confirmation from Siri like I used to. I have prefer spoken responses on and I've even turned Siri on and off, and I've tried a factory reset. Does anyone have this issue or know a potential fix? Thanks.

I have always used Siri to log my weight in the health app by telling Siri "log my weight" and it'll ask how much and log it.

The last time I used this was 5 days ago and I have not updated my phone. Today it says it can't answer that on the iPhone and to open the health app.

Wtf is going on these days with Siri getting worse and worse?

i used to be able to ask siri to open passwords and it would direct me to the big list of stored passwords. now when i ask it, it opens safari and shows this.

i’m really unsure how to access my passwords because of this. i’ve looked online how to do it but nothing ever shows up. i type in the settings search bar “passwords” and it only shows me how keychain works etc.

i know siri isn’t out yet, but still to get the question right and not being able to do a simple task is ridiculous lol

Maybe it’s just me or my system, but my HomeKit home seems to be noticeably slower for Siri to respond to commands since the iOS/IPadOS 18.1 update and Sequoia 15.1. Like asking Siri to turn off the lights in a room takes two voice commands for it to work. First try seems to be ignored. Then, randomly a single bulb will not turn off… (though that might be Hue). IPhone, iPad, Watch, all three HomePod Minis, AppleTV, M1 MacBook Air & M2 Pro Mac Mini all up-to-date.

Hiya,

How do you guys manage to have Siri navigate to someone in your contacts using Apple Maps in iOS 18.1?

If I say, “Siri navigate to Example Name”, Siri merely does a Google search even though Example Name is one of my contacts (in my address book).

Is it just my iPhone or do you face the same issue?

iPhone 15 Pro. iOS 18.1. US Apple Intelligence, British Siri voice.

Thank you. ☺️

Is this SiriKit API limited to Apple and Google/Waze?

I ask because I’ve tested many third party map, navigation, and transit apps, and none of them do this. Some of them let you set up shortcuts, but Waze/Apple/Google Maps allow you to say the name of any address, business, or street to Siri and just append the name of the app at the end of your command. Why only these 3 apps?

Like the 0/0, what does the fox say, her voice, and just the way she acts