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Re:Optimizing Siri on HomePod in Far‑Field Settings by fetus8 on Monday December 03, 2018 @01:38PM (#18591526)
Have you noticed that certain queries that used to work have stopped giving you the expected response?

I've started noticing more false positives since iOS 12 launched, and there's a couple requests that now don't give me the expected response. The most annoying issue happens to be requesting Siri to set an alarm. I'll ask: "Hey Siri, turn on my 6:15am alarm." to which she'll respond, "Which alarm do you want to turn on..." and then list all the different alarms I've set on the HomePod.

This all changed with iOS 12, and I wonder if I should reach out to Apple or just live with it and hope it improves with a software update??

Re:Optimizing Siri on HomePod in Far‑Field Settings by threeseed on Monday December 03, 2018 @06:38PM (#18594327)
If you think about what you asked Siri it's a sensible response.

You didn't ask her to set an alarm for 6:15am. You asked her to turn on an existing 6:15am alarm.

Which since I am assuming it didn't exist Siri asked what others you did want to turn on.

Re:Optimizing Siri on HomePod in Far‑Field Settings by fetus8 on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @12:07PM (#18601281)
Late response, but here's the thing...that alarm does exist and is listed off when Siri goes through all the existing alarm options that can be turned on...
Re:Optimizing Siri on HomePod in Far‑Field Settings by toasterlovin on Monday December 03, 2018 @05:56PM (#18593990)
Haven't noticed certain commands no longer working, personally.