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Siri is also quite terrible at setting Homekit Scene. I totally gave up on it. For example I have a scene named "Play Music Everywhere" and even if I tell it ex

Siri is also quite terrible at setting Homekit Scene. I totally gave up on it. For example I have a scene named "Play Music Everywhere" and even if I tell it explicitely with "Hey Siri set scene Play Music Everywhere" it fails miserably. Also simple task like: "Hey Siri play music on all HomePods" ends up with "Ok playing music Everywhere". When did I say everywhere??? I only want you to play on Homepods!

neurobama 3y ago
I worked for several years in IoT and as a consequence avoid smart home stuff like the plague, so this hasn't been a problem for me.
nanidin 3y ago
Yesterday: “Hey Siri, watch a movie in the dark” “Ok setting scene watch a movie in the dark” Today: “Hey Siri, watch a movie in the dark” “I can’t find a movie called In the Dark.” I also had a very frustrating issue randomly start happening because one of my lights had the word “lamp” or “light” in it. Thankfully googling the symptoms found others with the same problem and a solution, but it was baffling as there hadn’t been any changes made by me in over a year prior.
- Twisell 3y ago
  Well it's clearly better to use non-ambiguous keyword to solve that. Like my scene name equivalent to "watch a movie in the dark" was called "cinema". Another was called "sunset" for instance.
  - nanidin 3y ago
    It worked for over a year before it became erratic. If it is problematic Apple should warn me in the UI. It worked again shortly after - making me think it is not deterministic.
knolan 3y ago
I’ve a problem with setting scenes with a timer that it often asks who I am. Which is odd because it will identify me just fine normally. It usually goes like this: Me: Hey Siri, “bedroom on” in 15 minutes. Siri: who is speaking? Me: $Name Siri: I don’t recognise your voice… setup personal requests bla bla. Me: Hey Siri, who am I? Siri: You’re $Name! Me: Hey Siri “Bedroom on” in 15 minutes. Siri: Who’s Speaking? Me: @%#+#!!! Siri then goes into a loop asking who I am and then ends with “Hi!” Five minutes later, Me: Hey Siri, “Bedroom on” in 10 minutes. Siri: okay $Name I’ve set bedroom on for 12:08. So it’s not the voice recognition, it’s whatever’s going on after that step.

neurobama 3y ago

I worked for several years in IoT and as a consequence avoid smart home stuff like the plague, so this hasn't been a problem for me.

nanidin 3y ago

Yesterday: “Hey Siri, watch a movie in the dark” “Ok setting scene watch a movie in the dark” Today: “Hey Siri, watch a movie in the dark” “I can’t find a movie called In the Dark.” I also had a very frustrating issue randomly start happening because one of my lights had the word “lamp” or “light” in it. Thankfully googling the symptoms found others with the same problem and a solution, but it was baffling as there hadn’t been any changes made by me in over a year prior.

Twisell 3y ago
Well it's clearly better to use non-ambiguous keyword to solve that. Like my scene name equivalent to "watch a movie in the dark" was called "cinema". Another was called "sunset" for instance.
- nanidin 3y ago
  It worked for over a year before it became erratic. If it is problematic Apple should warn me in the UI. It worked again shortly after - making me think it is not deterministic.

knolan 3y ago

I’ve a problem with setting scenes with a timer that it often asks who I am. Which is odd because it will identify me just fine normally. It usually goes like this: Me: Hey Siri, “bedroom on” in 15 minutes. Siri: who is speaking? Me: $Name Siri: I don’t recognise your voice… setup personal requests bla bla. Me: Hey Siri, who am I? Siri: You’re $Name! Me: Hey Siri “Bedroom on” in 15 minutes. Siri: Who’s Speaking? Me: @%#+#!!! Siri then goes into a loop asking who I am and then ends with “Hi!” Five minutes later, Me: Hey Siri, “Bedroom on” in 10 minutes. Siri: okay $Name I’ve set bedroom on for 12:08. So it’s not the voice recognition, it’s whatever’s going on after that step.