Apple AI chief John Giannandrea is retiring in spring 2026

Re:Apple AI chief John Giannandrea is retiring in spring 2026 by NaOH on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @10:34PM (#46130009)

My Siri-initiated timers are always done with my phone, probably 50 or more each week (work stuff). The only time I get a failure is when I let go of the side button too quickly. I've made certain the spoken feedback is enabled to reduce the risk of me making that mistake. (Settings > Siri > Siri Responses > Prefer Spoken Responses)

As for, "What time is it?"... Try activating Siri and only saying, "Time."

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Re:Apple AI chief John Giannandrea is retiring in spring 2026 by bombcar on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @10:14AM (#46135424)

I suspect that's the main difference; if you're trying to use hands-free voice activation via "hey Siri" you get a much different experience than if you can touch the watch/phone to trigger Siri first.

And thinking back over it, more than half the failures are complete - e.g., it likely never activated at all. Very few are "it set a timer, but for the wrong time".

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Re:Apple AI chief John Giannandrea is retiring in spring 2026 by NaOH on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @02:20PM (#46138729)

Good chance that's what captures our different Siri experiences. The few times I've done it spoken was always with AirPods and I always waited for the Siri reply (been a while; is it, "Uh-huh"?) after I said, "Hey, Siri." But my experience activating Siri with speech is so minimal as to be untrustworthy of anything broader.

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