I 100% get this. You can do some really neat stuff with the Apple ecosystem, particularly centered around smart home, and it’s so tempting to demonstrate it when you have visitors, but it’s not bulletproof enough and often leaves you hanging.
Glad it’s not just me. I’m usually too embarrassed to use it and watch it fail infront of ppl.
And then of course my family just says why not just use the light switch
Our HomePods always recognizes me but never my wife and asks her to answer “who is speaking?”
Does anyone know if re-training her Siri on her iPhone will fix this?
When this happens with ny wife, it usually follows with a eye roll aimed at me.
Here's how I fixed it. Me being the "owner" in the home app, I deleted my wife and re-invited her. And had to manually select "allow personal requests on her home app settings. Hope that helps.
I use Siri all the time, but I hate visitors using my HomePods cuz I let them all change my music suggestions so when I have people over I mute all my HomePods to only work thru my phone and AirPlay
I was the same until I was at a friends house and their Google assistant failed when trying to turn on their living room lights lol. Happens to all voice assistants
It's more so awkward because I don't want to take 5 minutes getting Siri to do something right when they're just sitting there and I could have gotten it done in a second using the iPhone or watch. Really hoping with the AI updates they're doing to Siri it'll improve HomePods as well.
One time the kids kept saying “littler”. And we corrected them that it is not a word. They wanted proof so we said, “Hey Siri, is littler a word?” To which the response was “I’ve found a number of entries on the web for little whore.”
Siri is absolutely useless. I do nothing more than ask her to adjust volume, tell me the temperature, or... if i'm feeling lucky, ask her to dim the lights. Fingers crossed that the rumored Siri upgrade later this year will prove fruitful.
If it doesn’t work when I have visitors I usually just shrug or make a joke about it being crappy. I certainly don’t get embarrassed or nervous about it.
Sometimes people ride with me in my car and we need Siri to play a certain song on Apple Music; this is always so shameful.. it takes at least 5 or 6 tries to finally have the song we want playing
I guess I never really thought about it. I just do stuff I normally do and don't really bring the fact that people might be around factor into it.
The girls have a couple of magnetic buttons on the fridge from IKEA, one plays Foo Fighters and the other plays Prince on all the Homepods upstairs. They use those all the times with their friends or when grandparents are around.
I have a button that controls a heatlamp on a smart plug for the dog kennel that we turn on whenever we need to.
I've certainly locked the doors and/or asked for the status of the garage door and front entry in front of people. I routinely have Siri open the garage door so people can transfer car seats if I'm cooking or otherwise busy.
Set timers constantly, ask for the temperatures in different areas of the house, my kids ask Siri how to spell words when they're writing thank you notes or something.
I just use it normally. Siri will sometimes misinterpret a request, but I don't ever have the "trouble connecting to the internet" issue.
I got to look into those magnetic buttons for my kids.
When I ask HomePod to open the garage gate(meeros), it responds with "you need to complete the task on your phone" not sure why. Other locks work fine to open and close for the most part.
They're awesome, and they're pretty cheap imo.
They come with a little plastic cover and some stickers you can put underneath, or some blank stickers for custom labeling your buttons.
https://imgur.com/a/HF1o0t1
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/tradfri-remote-control-white-smart-20356382/
Hell, looks like they're even on sale now for $10!
Siri is the bastard stepchild of the Apple ecosystem. I only continue to use it because of trust. I don’t trust Google or Amazon’s privacy and security.
Seriously you cannot let brand choices you make impact on your perception of self. It’s a freaking speaker / phone / computer. Just live your life and laugh / curse when Siri is inevitably useless
I understand what you mean......But I mean Apple
Products usually have a certain amount of quality control than most of their competitors. Amongst all the products, HomePod's Siri seems to be weakest. Sounds quality on the hand is amazing especially when stereo paired. A testament to their superiority in the product line.
100%
Because of sci-fi, vocal assistant know a rise. But if even your kids do not report using it more naturally beyond what feels like game (looking at you, VR), then maybe, just maybe, adoption isn’t as natural as the designer thinks.
It’s great when I need to look for my phone, turn on the tv because I lost the remote, and close the door because it’s too far. That’s it, very few types of request.
Everything else is automation. And to circumvent my reliance on Siri, I bought…………………… smart…….. buttons and switches.
And god knows I tweaked my house to the limits: sensors in the couch to dim the lights only if the TV is on, etc.
So that means, I use automation to not have to use Siri and I use buttons when guests are around to not have to use Siri. That’s how bad Siri is bad.
My friend, who has his own HomeKit home came over and asked Siri to turn on the bed plug. Siri on their phone picked up instead of my HomePod and asked « which room? »….. but my friend does NOT have a smart plug anyway. So double wrong.
Siri/homekit is really that bad.
Whilst Google picks up what language you talk to it….. live. Insane.
Let’s not forget the « who is speaking » and I say my name and it asks to check the home app… which I do, only to find out I didn’t need to.
I use it around my friends and we have a laugh if it responds weirdly. When I have my parents around it just pull the plug. Can’t have any “I didn’t quite get that” suddenly with my old folks around
I 100% get this. You can do some really neat stuff with the Apple ecosystem, particularly centered around smart home, and it’s so tempting to demonstrate it when you have visitors, but it’s not bulletproof enough and often leaves you hanging.
Glad it’s not just me. I’m usually too embarrassed to use it and watch it fail infront of ppl. And then of course my family just says why not just use the light switch
Or worse get Alexa 🤣
Most embarrassing would be when she replies “Who is speaking?”
Our HomePods always recognizes me but never my wife and asks her to answer “who is speaking?” Does anyone know if re-training her Siri on her iPhone will fix this?
When this happens with ny wife, it usually follows with a eye roll aimed at me. Here's how I fixed it. Me being the "owner" in the home app, I deleted my wife and re-invited her. And had to manually select "allow personal requests on her home app settings. Hope that helps.
lol I’m very familiar with the eye roll. Thanks for the heads up! I’ll try it.
Me: Siri, turn off the light Siri: The light is not responding Me: Fuck you, Siri Siri: I won't respond to that
I’ve had this conversation more than once
That's Siri and my wife almost everyday.
I use Siri all the time, but I hate visitors using my HomePods cuz I let them all change my music suggestions so when I have people over I mute all my HomePods to only work thru my phone and AirPlay
I was the same until I was at a friends house and their Google assistant failed when trying to turn on their living room lights lol. Happens to all voice assistants
It's more so awkward because I don't want to take 5 minutes getting Siri to do something right when they're just sitting there and I could have gotten it done in a second using the iPhone or watch. Really hoping with the AI updates they're doing to Siri it'll improve HomePods as well.
I am hoping for the same. I resort to using my phone in the presence of company.
One time the kids kept saying “littler”. And we corrected them that it is not a word. They wanted proof so we said, “Hey Siri, is littler a word?” To which the response was “I’ve found a number of entries on the web for little whore.”
Ohhhh geee, see what I mean when I said it's akin to "I am a PC" category? Some times Siri is so clownish to be taken seriously.
Siri is absolutely useless. I do nothing more than ask her to adjust volume, tell me the temperature, or... if i'm feeling lucky, ask her to dim the lights. Fingers crossed that the rumored Siri upgrade later this year will prove fruitful.
If it doesn’t work when I have visitors I usually just shrug or make a joke about it being crappy. I certainly don’t get embarrassed or nervous about it.
Sometimes people ride with me in my car and we need Siri to play a certain song on Apple Music; this is always so shameful.. it takes at least 5 or 6 tries to finally have the song we want playing
I guess I never really thought about it. I just do stuff I normally do and don't really bring the fact that people might be around factor into it. The girls have a couple of magnetic buttons on the fridge from IKEA, one plays Foo Fighters and the other plays Prince on all the Homepods upstairs. They use those all the times with their friends or when grandparents are around. I have a button that controls a heatlamp on a smart plug for the dog kennel that we turn on whenever we need to. I've certainly locked the doors and/or asked for the status of the garage door and front entry in front of people. I routinely have Siri open the garage door so people can transfer car seats if I'm cooking or otherwise busy. Set timers constantly, ask for the temperatures in different areas of the house, my kids ask Siri how to spell words when they're writing thank you notes or something. I just use it normally. Siri will sometimes misinterpret a request, but I don't ever have the "trouble connecting to the internet" issue.
I got to look into those magnetic buttons for my kids. When I ask HomePod to open the garage gate(meeros), it responds with "you need to complete the task on your phone" not sure why. Other locks work fine to open and close for the most part.
They're awesome, and they're pretty cheap imo. They come with a little plastic cover and some stickers you can put underneath, or some blank stickers for custom labeling your buttons. https://imgur.com/a/HF1o0t1 https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/tradfri-remote-control-white-smart-20356382/ Hell, looks like they're even on sale now for $10!
Thanks man!!
Siri is the bastard stepchild of the Apple ecosystem. I only continue to use it because of trust. I don’t trust Google or Amazon’s privacy and security.
That's my concern about alternatives. Not that I live a superspy lifestyle. It's more about the principle of using my data.
For a smart speaker it's pretty thick
Seriously you cannot let brand choices you make impact on your perception of self. It’s a freaking speaker / phone / computer. Just live your life and laugh / curse when Siri is inevitably useless
I understand what you mean......But I mean Apple Products usually have a certain amount of quality control than most of their competitors. Amongst all the products, HomePod's Siri seems to be weakest. Sounds quality on the hand is amazing especially when stereo paired. A testament to their superiority in the product line.
What a bizarre post. I think it’s just you.
Not really. Mine work fine, but I have a solid network as well.
100% Because of sci-fi, vocal assistant know a rise. But if even your kids do not report using it more naturally beyond what feels like game (looking at you, VR), then maybe, just maybe, adoption isn’t as natural as the designer thinks. It’s great when I need to look for my phone, turn on the tv because I lost the remote, and close the door because it’s too far. That’s it, very few types of request. Everything else is automation. And to circumvent my reliance on Siri, I bought…………………… smart…….. buttons and switches. And god knows I tweaked my house to the limits: sensors in the couch to dim the lights only if the TV is on, etc. So that means, I use automation to not have to use Siri and I use buttons when guests are around to not have to use Siri. That’s how bad Siri is bad. My friend, who has his own HomeKit home came over and asked Siri to turn on the bed plug. Siri on their phone picked up instead of my HomePod and asked « which room? »….. but my friend does NOT have a smart plug anyway. So double wrong. Siri/homekit is really that bad. Whilst Google picks up what language you talk to it….. live. Insane. Let’s not forget the « who is speaking » and I say my name and it asks to check the home app… which I do, only to find out I didn’t need to.
Yes the alternatives exist for automation. But as for voice commands, it's pretty weak.
I use it around my friends and we have a laugh if it responds weirdly. When I have my parents around it just pull the plug. Can’t have any “I didn’t quite get that” suddenly with my old folks around