If not for you, I would not even understand what has changed.

Just curious, anyone using Siri regularly these days? If so, how/for what? I keep trying Siri every once in a while but it doesn’t seem to stick. Only use I find is setting an alarm now and then, but I still often just open the app to do it manually.

Not regularly. But one interesting function I had with it was when I cant locate my phone in my home. I just shout out "Hey Siri" and I can tell by its answer where about it is. It may sound silly but there are countless times when I am about to leave home in a hurry and I cant find my phone. Normally I could have been extremely frustrated and spend minutes looking for it. Now it is just there within a voice command.

I use Siri frequently throughout a typical day. From most common to least common:

- Send a text while driving, walking with my kids, etc

- Create a reminder with a specific time or place ("Hey Siri, when I get home remind me to take out the trash")

- Resume an Overcast playlist ("Hey Siri, resume Overcast tech playlist")

- Turn on/off lights (I have a couple lamps on HomeKit outlets)

- Get directions

- Set a timer

- Place a call while otherwise using my hands (I have an Apple Watch, which makes this pretty handy)

- Play music / playlist in Apple Music

- Check a sports score

Getting an Apple Watch significantly increased my usage of Siri. It's not perfect, and as I wander around the house doing things (without my phone) the connection sometimes gets tenuous. But a lot of times it is nice to not pull out my phone, and keep using my hands for whatever I was already doing.

I am actually pretty pleased with Siri's functionality to do things for me. I can't speak to the "General Information query" use case, as it has never been compelling for me--however most people say that Siri lags behind other assistants in this area.

I would preferentially use Siri over Alexa for controlling/setting my lights/thermostat/alarms/timers, but alas, the 12" MacBook still doesn't have hands-free Siri, so instead I use Alexa on one of my Sonos speakers.

I use it while driving, in the winter times when I have gloves on, and sometimes when swimming or when my hands are full while cooking.

More often then not however, I find it infuriating at how bad it is at picking up "Hey Siri"

Siri cannot understand 50% of the things that come out of my mouth, and the other 50% of the stuff it defers to 3 results from a search engine.

Thanks. Apple likes to showcase the new model so it's hard to know what's changed.

The new wireless charging case looks like the older one, but you can now charge it on a Qi-compatible charging mat.