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I keep Siri disabled on them because of small children, and I felt I got full value just from the audio quality and being a nice Airplay target. But, I recogni
by 1123581321 4y ago
I keep Siri disabled on them because of small children, and I felt I got full value just from the audio quality and being a nice Airplay target.
But, I recognize that other people have little need for its audio quality, but really wanted a non-Alexa smart voice device, and it was dismaying for them to pay $350 for a household Siri device that was unreliable.
Like you said, since the OG HomePod came out, a lot more people know what Siri is and isn't good for, so expectations should be closer to HomePod 2nd gen's real-world performance. At least I hope so.
- odysseus 4y agoHow old were your children when they figured out they could control Siri? One of my kids tried it once but Siri couldn't recognize the voice and refused to respond.
- 1123581321 4y agoEarly elementary for the older kids and pre-k for the younger who benefited from their sibling trying. They weren't initially good at it, but I learned they would try a lot until they figured it out once they could say "Hey Siri" correctly enough to get any response.
- odysseus 4y agoAh, mine forgot about it after excitedly trying twice. Other possible "solutions" I read about that aren't as good as what you're currently doing: - Keep Hey Siri on, but create custom shortcuts to automatically respond with your preferred admonishment for things you don't want them asking over and over again - Keep Hey Siri on, but set HomePod volume to 0 (By the way, thanks for mentioning HN Notify in your profile. Had no idea that existed. Now I'm using it.)
- 1123581321 4y agoI like both of those tips as well! Especially the shortcuts approach. We have a four-year-old who would make the perfect startled expression.