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Agggrrrr so much hate for these devices. I bought a Mini for my oldest kid and now, when I pick up my phone in my downstairs office, hold it near my mouth, and

Agggrrrr so much hate for these devices. I bought a Mini for my oldest kid and now, when I pick up my phone in my downstairs office, hold it near my mouth, and say "hey Siri set an alarm at 7am", the phone briefly shows the Siri vortex and then stops. And I find out at 7am when my sad and confused daughter is startled out of bed that her stupid HomePod upstairs on the opposite side the house picked up what must've been to it an almost inaudible command.

dkonofalski 4y ago
Do you not have family accounts set up? Each person in your home should have their own Apple ID and the HomePod for each person should be set up by the primary user. You can also set up the recognize by voice features and that should prevent the situation you're describing.
smileybarry 4y ago
Yeah, I’ve found that the HomePod Mini mic is almost too good sometimes. If Face ID gets a glance lock — I.e. looking at your iPhone directly — while speaking a command it “locks” onto that device (try that out by saying “hey siri” while using an iPhone). You can also just hold the side key instead of Hey Siri-ing it to not hop onto another mic.
diebeforei485 4y ago
I have turned off "Hey Siri" on mine. This can be done within the Home app.
Tagbert 4y ago
I really wish we could name individual devices so we can target Siri request to specific devices. Partially for situations like you describe. Also not all siri+device combos can do the same things. Our HomePod is not customized so anyone can use it for basic things like playing music but then it can't do personalized tasks like set reminders. Some apps only exist on some devices and a Siri request involving those will fail on other devices. I've turned off "hey Siri" for most devices and only use it for the HomePods who really need it to be useful. For my phone or watch, I hold down the button and the whisper to the device hoping the HomePod down the hall doesn't hear and start playing something in the living room I only wanted to play in my office.
burlesona 4y ago
I share your frustration. I found a workaround that solves it for me: When I want to talk to my phone or my watch I don’t say “Hey Siri” anymore, I just hold down the lock button (aka use it the old way). That activates Siri on the device without triggering any other devices. Since I generally have my watch or phone at hand, this has solved the issue for me. Still I wish the detection for “which device am I talking to” was better.
- scrumper 4y ago
  I've started doing that too. Makes it quite a bit less useful though.

dkonofalski 4y ago

Do you not have family accounts set up? Each person in your home should have their own Apple ID and the HomePod for each person should be set up by the primary user. You can also set up the recognize by voice features and that should prevent the situation you're describing.

smileybarry 4y ago

Yeah, I’ve found that the HomePod Mini mic is almost too good sometimes. If Face ID gets a glance lock — I.e. looking at your iPhone directly — while speaking a command it “locks” onto that device (try that out by saying “hey siri” while using an iPhone). You can also just hold the side key instead of Hey Siri-ing it to not hop onto another mic.

diebeforei485 4y ago

I have turned off "Hey Siri" on mine. This can be done within the Home app.

Tagbert 4y ago

I really wish we could name individual devices so we can target Siri request to specific devices. Partially for situations like you describe. Also not all siri+device combos can do the same things. Our HomePod is not customized so anyone can use it for basic things like playing music but then it can't do personalized tasks like set reminders. Some apps only exist on some devices and a Siri request involving those will fail on other devices. I've turned off "hey Siri" for most devices and only use it for the HomePods who really need it to be useful. For my phone or watch, I hold down the button and the whisper to the device hoping the HomePod down the hall doesn't hear and start playing something in the living room I only wanted to play in my office.

burlesona 4y ago

I share your frustration. I found a workaround that solves it for me: When I want to talk to my phone or my watch I don’t say “Hey Siri” anymore, I just hold down the lock button (aka use it the old way). That activates Siri on the device without triggering any other devices. Since I generally have my watch or phone at hand, this has solved the issue for me. Still I wish the detection for “which device am I talking to” was better.

scrumper 4y ago
I've started doing that too. Makes it quite a bit less useful though.