I hear that a lot, and I have no desire to tell you your opinion’s wrong, but it doesn’t match my experience. Siri’s… fine, I guess, for what I ask of it like setting timers and reminders and such.
It’s not perfect, for sure:
Me: Hey Siri, turn off the kitchen lights.
Siri: I can’t process multiple requests.
Me: Hey Siri, turn off the kitchen lights.
Siri: OK.
But it works reliably enough that I use it all the time for the reminder and timer actions. Is it vastly worse for other people, and in what ways?
The characterization of "mediocre" is fair, but we're transiting a household to Siri from Alexa (because Alexa doesn't work locally, and because of Amazon's track record on privacy), and it's not noticeably worse.
The feeling I’ve heard from people is Alexa was way better than Siri at first.
Over time Siri got better. Not great but better. Alexa had mostly stayed the same or perhaps gotten a touch worse except for adding ads and other annoyances.
I’ve never used anything but Siri. It works decently, definitely has its moods/dumb-as-a-post moments. But I’ve learn what works well and for that it’s proven very useful.
It’s not perfect, for sure:
Me: Hey Siri, turn off the kitchen lights.
Siri: I can’t process multiple requests.
Me: Hey Siri, turn off the kitchen lights.
Siri: OK.
But it works reliably enough that I use it all the time for the reminder and timer actions. Is it vastly worse for other people, and in what ways?