I got my parents a Homepod and they kind of hate Siri but also ruefully love it like one has to chuckle at the dog that ate your shoes. They're huge classical

I got my parents a Homepod and they kind of hate Siri but also ruefully love it like one has to chuckle at the dog that ate your shoes. They're huge classical music nerds, and I've watched them, in vain, recite to Siri over and over and over the desired concerto, orchestra, etc – trying to find the right incantation to get their Homepod to play the music they want. Usually they just get fed up and play it with their phone. My dad likewise chuckles when Siri inevitably gets his spoken grocery list wrong. One of his favorite games is getting people in earshot to work with him to figure out the correct pronunciation of words for Siri to understand what they're saying. I think how people accept Siri as a tool is by finding the few things that she does perfectly and never doing anything but those few things. Ever. Anyway, here's a scattershot of some stuff I just tried that Siri fell on her face over (on iOS 15): * "Send a text to Katrina, Mom, and Dad that 'I don't need their help'" > Creates text to Katrina: "Mom and dad that I don't need her help" * "Show me photos I took last month" > Simply opens Photos * "Show me photos I took in Scotland" > Simply opens Photos * "What are the hours of the closest grocery store?" > shows assorted list of nearby stores, no hours shown * "What is 13 modulo 5?" > 13% = 0.13 [clearly the Calculator app doesn't support modulo operations but still: at least say that?] * "Which novels won the Hugo last year" > No response, link to Wikipedia for Hugo Awards and an article on "Novels that won both the hugo and nebula awards" * "What time is low tide today?" > no response, link to various tide times websites * "When is the next Jon Stewart episode coming out?" [an Apple TV property] > no response, shows list of websites talking about Jon Stewart