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Re:Pixies keep switching off my morning alarm, says Google P... by dontlaugh on Friday May 05, 2023 @06:55AM (#35827618)
Why would the phone listen for commands while it's playing music? My iPhone doesn't do it, at least. Seems much more reasonable to me.
Re:Pixies keep switching off my morning alarm, says Google P... by whywhywhywhy on Friday May 05, 2023 @07:39AM (#35827948)
Proper implementation should be filtering its own audio output stream out of the assistant mic input as it gets reflected back in.
Re:Pixies keep switching off my morning alarm, says Google P... by lancesells on Friday May 05, 2023 @08:02AM (#35828161)
Apple definitely does this. The homepod is pretty great at picking up a voice with loud music playing. But then it goes to Siri...
Re:Pixies keep switching off my morning alarm, says Google P... by flangola7 on Saturday May 06, 2023 @09:25AM (#35841159)
I'm not sure how you would do that. The audio it hears will be very different than the original waveform it is playing.
Re:Pixies keep switching off my morning alarm, says Google P... by cyclecount on Friday May 05, 2023 @07:23AM (#35827824)
Siri will listen when music is playing; this is quite handy actually because you can say things like "make it louder" or "stop playing music".
Re:Pixies keep switching off my morning alarm, says Google P... by rythmshifter on Friday May 05, 2023 @07:42AM (#35827986)
Or what song is this
Re:Pixies keep switching off my morning alarm, says Google P... by dontlaugh on Friday May 05, 2023 @07:45AM (#35828006)
Does that work on any iPhone? I’ve never considered doing it on purpose.
Re:Pixies keep switching off my morning alarm, says Google P... by prepend on Friday May 05, 2023 @08:55AM (#35828601)
It needs to listen for the stop command.

I have an alarm that plays a song. I don’t want to listen to the whole song every morning so I stop it once I’m up and going. This is through Alexa though and Alexa repeats the song until you stop it.

Re:Pixies keep switching off my morning alarm, says Google P... by dontlaugh on Friday May 05, 2023 @08:58AM (#35828635)
It hadn’t occurred to me people might use voice commands for alarms. I press the button on my phone or watch.
Re:Pixies keep switching off my morning alarm, says Google P... by prepend on Friday May 05, 2023 @09:03AM (#35828693)
I charge my watch at night so interact with my alexa 99.9% through voice.

I used to rely on getting out of bed to switch it off manually but over time found I didn’t need to do it.