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If it’s going to take general artificial intelligent to get a voice assistant that can remember not one, but two entirely separate cooking timers, then so be it

If it’s going to take general artificial intelligent to get a voice assistant that can remember not one, but two entirely separate cooking timers, then so be it. Imagine the GPUs required! I’m still baffled at Siri and Google assistant. Virtually zero innovation in a decade. I just want to be able to turn on BBC radio while my hands are wet, is that really so hard?!

samatman 3y ago
> that can remember not one, but two entirely separate cooking timers You're in luck! Siri will do that right now. Just tried it. Works.
- Rinzler89 3y ago
  OMG, 2 cooking timers?! Pinnacle tech right there. Knowing Apple, I was expecting one base timer, with every other timer being a $200 upgrade.
  - CharlesW 3y ago
    https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-set-up-and-manage-multiple-timers-on-your-iphone https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-set-up-and-manage-mu... “How many timers can you have going at one time? […] …I had 26 timers going at once, and the only reason I didn't have more running was because I got bored.”
    - Rinzler89 3y ago
      I wonder if the maximum number of timers is an 8 bit, 16 bit or 32 bit int.
      - MBCook 3y ago
        Only one horrifically boring way to find out.
  - mortenjorck 3y ago
    That’s not really Apple’s style. More along the lines of “HomePod mini 2 features double the RAM, allowing for exciting new features like multiple kitchen timers. Pre-orders start Friday.”
ksubedi 3y ago
Google Assistant is pretty decent. But as someone who is pretty much locked into the Apple ecosystem, Siri needs a reboot from scratch.
- astrange 3y ago
  It's been reportedly rewritten from scratch like five times, during which time people have not stopped posting claims that it's exactly the same as it was in 2010.
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bestnameever 3y ago
You should be able to do this with Siri. You can use a shortcut if it doesn't work out of the box.
- MBCook 3y ago
  It works out of the box as of iOS 16 or 17. “Hey Siri set an egg timer for 4 minutes” The interface for switching between multiple timers sucks on the watch, the whole app does now. I don’t know how it’s handled on HomePods, though you can see them somewhere in the home app (yeah that’s discoverable). But it works fine. And the interface is good on the phone.
astrange 3y ago
You mostly think there's no innovation because you speak English.

samatman 3y ago

> that can remember not one, but two entirely separate cooking timers You're in luck! Siri will do that right now. Just tried it. Works.

Rinzler89 3y ago
OMG, 2 cooking timers?! Pinnacle tech right there. Knowing Apple, I was expecting one base timer, with every other timer being a $200 upgrade.
- CharlesW 3y ago
  https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-set-up-and-manage-multiple-timers-on-your-iphone https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-set-up-and-manage-mu... “How many timers can you have going at one time? […] …I had 26 timers going at once, and the only reason I didn't have more running was because I got bored.”
  - Rinzler89 3y ago
    I wonder if the maximum number of timers is an 8 bit, 16 bit or 32 bit int.
    - MBCook 3y ago
      Only one horrifically boring way to find out.
- mortenjorck 3y ago
  That’s not really Apple’s style. More along the lines of “HomePod mini 2 features double the RAM, allowing for exciting new features like multiple kitchen timers. Pre-orders start Friday.”

ksubedi 3y ago

Google Assistant is pretty decent. But as someone who is pretty much locked into the Apple ecosystem, Siri needs a reboot from scratch.

astrange 3y ago
It's been reportedly rewritten from scratch like five times, during which time people have not stopped posting claims that it's exactly the same as it was in 2010.

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bestnameever 3y ago

You should be able to do this with Siri. You can use a shortcut if it doesn't work out of the box.

MBCook 3y ago
It works out of the box as of iOS 16 or 17. “Hey Siri set an egg timer for 4 minutes” The interface for switching between multiple timers sucks on the watch, the whole app does now. I don’t know how it’s handled on HomePods, though you can see them somewhere in the home app (yeah that’s discoverable). But it works fine. And the interface is good on the phone.

astrange 3y ago

You mostly think there's no innovation because you speak English.