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> Siri is statically-terrible I don’t think it’s a fair assessment. Sure it’s the worst out of the 3 but it’s improving, albeit at the speed of 0.3 microgoogle

by emsy 5y ago

> Siri is statically-terrible I don’t think it’s a fair assessment. Sure it’s the worst out of the 3 but it’s improving, albeit at the speed of 0.3 microgoogles.

drcongo 5y ago
I thought calling it "statically-terrible" was unfair because Siri is getting much worse. Yesterday I discovered that asking it to play "Bring the Noise by Public Enemy" plays a dreadful Benny Benassi remix, even if you specifically ask for the album version. Apple's last big keynote led with some marketing of a voice only plan for Apple Music, and yet Apple Music / Siri has no concept of the canonical version of a song. My favourite though is asking it to "play Richard the third by Supergrass", Siri responds that it can't find that song on Apple Music, so you ask it to "play Richard eye eye eye by Supergrass" and Siri responds "Now playing Richard the third by Supergrass".
- parkingrift 5y ago
  I'm with you. I bought a Homepod and thought I would make use of Siri for timers, to-do items, grocery lists, and other similar tasks in addition to music. However, Siri is so comically useless for music that I don't even bother. It's significantly faster to just pull the song/album up on my phone and tell it to play on the Homepod. The only things I use Siri for now is to add ONE item to the grocery or set a timer. The timers are useful in the kitchen, but it's hardly worth a Homepad to set a timer. I wish I had returned it within the return window. At least it sounds great.
- 112233 5y ago
  Apple Music is terrible with no help from Siri. Say, I listen to Dva, the czech duo. Apparently it is the same artist as some rapper Dva. I wonder who gets the money. Don’t get me started on “various artists”. Or search.
- alexhayes 5y ago
  Google Home Mini connected to YouTube Music also suffers similar problems and I swear it's ability to determine the voice commands given has gotten far worse than it was a few years ago. For example, asking for specific albums and it will play someone's playlist of the album - in terrible quality because someone uploaded it as a video to YouTube I think part of the problem is that the music catalogue is so poorly maintained/governed on YouTube Music. For example there are many songs that state they are by Little Richard that are actually other artists' songs

by emsy 5y ago

> Siri is statically-terrible I don’t think it’s a fair assessment. Sure it’s the worst out of the 3 but it’s improving, albeit at the speed of 0.3 microgoogles.

drcongo 5y ago

I thought calling it "statically-terrible" was unfair because Siri is getting much worse. Yesterday I discovered that asking it to play "Bring the Noise by Public Enemy" plays a dreadful Benny Benassi remix, even if you specifically ask for the album version. Apple's last big keynote led with some marketing of a voice only plan for Apple Music, and yet Apple Music / Siri has no concept of the canonical version of a song. My favourite though is asking it to "play Richard the third by Supergrass", Siri responds that it can't find that song on Apple Music, so you ask it to "play Richard eye eye eye by Supergrass" and Siri responds "Now playing Richard the third by Supergrass".

parkingrift 5y ago
I'm with you. I bought a Homepod and thought I would make use of Siri for timers, to-do items, grocery lists, and other similar tasks in addition to music. However, Siri is so comically useless for music that I don't even bother. It's significantly faster to just pull the song/album up on my phone and tell it to play on the Homepod. The only things I use Siri for now is to add ONE item to the grocery or set a timer. The timers are useful in the kitchen, but it's hardly worth a Homepad to set a timer. I wish I had returned it within the return window. At least it sounds great.
112233 5y ago
Apple Music is terrible with no help from Siri. Say, I listen to Dva, the czech duo. Apparently it is the same artist as some rapper Dva. I wonder who gets the money. Don’t get me started on “various artists”. Or search.
alexhayes 5y ago
Google Home Mini connected to YouTube Music also suffers similar problems and I swear it's ability to determine the voice commands given has gotten far worse than it was a few years ago. For example, asking for specific albums and it will play someone's playlist of the album - in terrible quality because someone uploaded it as a video to YouTube I think part of the problem is that the music catalogue is so poorly maintained/governed on YouTube Music. For example there are many songs that state they are by Little Richard that are actually other artists' songs