Newer devices and newer OSs can do some recognition device-side-only. But many features, and certainly anything through the older HomePods, requires cloud assis

Newer devices and newer OSs can do some recognition device-side-only. But many features, and certainly anything through the older HomePods, requires cloud assistance. This article has a good overview: https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/08/02/how-to-use-siri-on-device-with-ios-15 https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/08/02/how-to-use-siri-o...