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by gnicholas 687 days ago
This can't come soon enough. Apple has made Siri dumber over the years. I used to be able to say "Hey Siri, play Overcast" and it would play my podcasts. Now it says "I don't see any music by Overcast in Apple Music". When I say "Hey Siri, tell the Overcast app to play" it replies "the Overcast app doesn't have any unplayed content" — even when I'm in the middle of an episode, and I have many unplayed episodes. It is dumb as rocks.
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If I tell it to intercom and “mistakenly” (stupid me) use a persons name at the beginning of the message, it will fail and tell me that it can’t yet intercom to contacts.
It’s become a liability.

Hey siri, turn on the AC!

Proceeds to call someone I’ve been texting whose name sounds nothing like anything in that phrase.

"Siri, set the lights to full."

[all the lights turn off]

I've had Siri call people randomly when I didn't even say hey Siri. It called someone I hadn't talked to in years.