/r/SiriFail

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Collecting examples of when Siri — the "personal assistant" by Apple — fails to work as intended (which is so frequently, we created a subreddit for it). The results are both hilarious and depressing.

Collecting examples of when Siri — the "personal assistant" by Apple — fails to work as intended (which is so frequently, we created a subreddit for it). The results are both hilarious and depressing.


Rules:

  1. Be civil.
  2. Don't post fake screenshots.
  3. Remember that Siri is inconsistent — your milage may vary when attempting to recreate an issue that has been posted.

"The exact words I say [to Siri] aren't important. It's the meaning behind the words."

– Scott Forstall, Apple (Siri Introduction, Oct. 4, 2011)

/r/SiriFail

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Siri misheard me again

I was watching Minecraft video and I said “Is there a link so I can play it? (The Map)” but while I was saying that Siri triggered and I guess she misheard me say “Yoda Play” because after that Yoda by Weird Al started playing, I mean I’m not complaining, it’s a good song, just find it funny.

0 Comments
2024/12/01
08:55 UTC

55

Thanks, Siri

3 Comments
2024/11/30
00:49 UTC

5

Yet another beautiful mistake by the assistant.

0 Comments
2024/11/11
16:18 UTC

6

Siri keeps failing omg lmao

so! my siri is confusing!

I said "hey siri- call Dad" and my siri said "okay, calling Irene home." like whatttt!? crazy thing with that is I don't know or have the number of anyone named irene so idk who siri called. (I hung up immediately)

also I asked siri for no reason just boredom (that is a reason) "hey siri- am I a failure?" and siri literally went and said "you'll need to unlock your iPhone first." whattttt!? why what how who when where why aghhhhhhhhhhh.

also multiple times I ask siri something and then siri replies with "if you think it could be serious ask me to contact emergency services or someone you trust." and I literally said "hey siri- what is the normal range of cost of houses in CA" like wtf???? then my brother uses my phone sometimes and asked something random it was related to math and it did the same thing. i am so confused

0 Comments
2024/11/05
23:37 UTC

0

At this point, SIRI alone is forcing me to consider leaving the Apple ecosystem

I'm so at the end of my rope with Apple’s privacy-over-convenience approach and using it as a defense against every shitty experience we have. Jesus, I mean chatgpt is the new "here's what I found on the web." And Tim's claim that not passing information to chatgpt is a feature actually nuders generative AI from all of it's personalization potential on a device. Great, now the AI will never remember anything that we've discussed.. just as all the other AI platforms are moving in the opposite direction. I guess Tim is just that out of touch with what's driving the excitement forward. Anybody else just not excited about that last 3 generations of apple devices?

I’ve been a long-time iPhone user, but I’m really frustrated with Apple’s relentless focus on privacy at the expense of convenience. I get it, privacy is important. But more often than not there are times when I want to prioritize convenience, and Apple just doesn’t give me the option.

I feel like apple is pushing the privacy agenda that nobody asked for.

With Siri I can send regular texts without unlocking my phone, but I can’t do the same with WhatsApp despite being completely willing to hand over my privacy for it. As usual, apple is taking the choice away from us. That was fine when it was all about design choices, but when it comes to things as fundamental as my own privacy choices, it's infuriating! It feels like Apple is so focused on the decision that we all need protecting that they’ve forgotten that many people like myself would happily hand over their left leg to get the promise of generative AI locally and today.

I know some people love Apple’s approach, but not everyone has the same privacy concerns. I’d love it if Apple would give us more control to choose convenience over privacy when we want. I just don't see that Apple will veer from this path until Tim retires.

Anyone else feel the same way?

17 Comments
2024/11/01
12:02 UTC

6

Siri and Apple Intelligence

So I upgraded to the new 18.1 version to get Apple Intelligence into Siri.

I asked her to show me videos I took in October 2020 and she just opens up YouTube and puts in search query October 2020...

4 Comments
2024/10/31
00:35 UTC

4

Still can’t do a basic conversion

I live in Canada and embrace metric, however kilopascals is something that still isn’t widely used, with pounds per square inch still kind of being the gold standard for things like tire pressure. PSI is one of the only non-metric units that still makes sense to me.

So when my car started complaining about a low tire today, I asked Siri For the conversion to see exactly how low it is since 160kpa means nothing to me.

For years now, this is what you get when asking for kilopascals to pounds per square inch. Siri still cannot natively make a simple conversion like this.

1 Comment
2024/10/23
23:41 UTC

14

I asked my Siri to play a sound that could call a cat over but

It started to play wet hands by c418

4 Comments
2024/10/22
01:38 UTC

9

How do I stop Siri asking me to unlock my iPhone for basic stuff?

If anyone knows a way to get around this, I'd be so happy to hear it. I know this isn't specific to the latest iOS beta, but thought I'd ask here.

I'm so done with apple using privacy to excuse the shitshow that is siri. I'm quite sure Steve Jobs would roll over in his grave if he knew these basic assistant features were major issues a decade+ after launch.

  • Can't ask for something on my calendar despite it being displayed prominently on my lock screen
  • Can't ask what the message I just received says despite it being displayed prominently on my lock screen
  • Can't basically do anything without unlocking my iphone

If you've seen Steve Jobs dramatization of the future of Siri from the 1980s, you'd know he'd be rolling in his grave right now because of what internal Apple bureaucracy has made of his baby.

1 Comment
2024/10/19
10:57 UTC

5

Steve Jobs would roll over in his grave -rant

I'm so done with apple using privacy to excuse the lack of effort they've put into siri.

  • Can't ask for something on my calendar despite it being displayed prominently on my lock screen

  • Can't ask what the message I just received says despite it being displayed prominently on my lock screen

  • Can't basically do anything without unlocking my iphone

Apple leaning on "privacy" to defend their biggest ongoing fuckups really pisses me off. If you've seen Steve Jobs dramatization of the future of Siri from the 1980s, you'd know he'd be rolling in his grave right now because of what internal Apple bureaucracy has made of siri.

0 Comments
2024/10/18
19:35 UTC

172

Apple (not so) Intelligence

18 Comments
2024/10/12
18:21 UTC

5

OK

1 Comment
2024/10/12
18:13 UTC

29

“Siri, create a google calendar event at 11:30 tomorrow to call Brian” So much for Apple Intelligence

2 Comments
2024/10/10
20:00 UTC

9

Hey Siri, how many touchdowns did Jerry Rice have?

0 Comments
2024/10/04
01:14 UTC

9

Wrong country, Siri.

I was in Vancouver, British Columbia and asked for the weather in the nearby city of Victoria. It gave me the weather for some city by the same name in Mexico that no one has ever heard of.

Later I asked for the weather in Banff and was given the weather in Banff, Scotland.

Sigh…

3 Comments
2024/09/30
06:50 UTC

5

Siri: How many days in this month?

Me: How many days in September?

Siri: It was 28 days ago.

Me: How many days in December?

Siri: It's 63 days until then.

Me: How many days in January?

Siri: It's 94 days until then.

[Sound of sledgehammer pummelling device.]

8 Comments
2024/09/29
17:47 UTC

2

I found this from a while back

1 Comment
2024/09/29
03:13 UTC

16

My wife has defeated auto correct. This is why I married her :)

2 Comments
2024/09/28
23:52 UTC

10

What year is it?

I asked Siri to play "70s rock" and a few tracks in it started playing Africa by Toto. Just to be sure I wasn't losing my mind, I asked when it was released, and got this gem:

https://i.imgur.com/CvTbKiV.mp4

1 Comment
2024/09/13
12:34 UTC

10

This is not fall Siri (EST)

5 Comments
2024/09/10
21:49 UTC

13

have they given up on siri?🤡

1 Comment
2024/09/07
15:00 UTC

7

No need

0 Comments
2024/09/06
22:25 UTC

51

Why tf is Siri so incredibly fucking stupid? I ask her clear and concise questions and yet she just assumes I’m the moron and gives me an answer to a question I didn’t ask!

Question types I wish she could handle better so I didn’t have to go to a frickin web search, “Define x obscure word.” Things such as forsooth she absolutely cannot get right. I asked her to define forsooth and she gave me the definition for pursue 6 fuckin times in a row! Gods help you if you want her to explain an uncommon phrase like “A well turned calf.”

Apple if you must insist on shoving Siri into my gods damned phone, make it useful to people who aren’t the 0.05% of humans that are absolute fucking dullards! I don’t need to know what pursue means! A 10 year old knows that! Fuck! It’s been this way for years! Why?! I can never get her to do anything useful short of set a timer or an alarm, and some of the time the dumb bitch gets that wrong too. To whoever made Siri and decided that the average populace must be as stupid as Siri seems to believe we are, the dumbest people in the world believe themselves to be the smartest person around, and technology, technology is only as good as the imbecile that made it!

11 Comments
2024/09/02
21:05 UTC

78

I think apple bailed on Siri

I see no Siri improvements in at least the past two years and my boyfriend is tired of us reprimanding siri hoping someone at Apple is listening. Why are we paying $700+ for a phone that can’t perform basic functions it provided three phones ago?

19 Comments
2024/08/30
01:40 UTC

11

Siri is less useful than ever before

I am so frustrated with the last 6mos-1yr of asking Siri to call a business and Siri says she can't locate the business in my contacts. Siri no longer EVER looks anything up online any more! ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS goes straight to my contacts unless I'm asking for directions. If I’m in my car and ask to search online she says she can’t because I’m in my car. So I have to manually search online while I drive if I want to make phone calls. l've had iPhones for years. Apple changed its search feature.

1 Comment
2024/08/30
01:26 UTC

10

What's the point of having a voice assistant if.. even with new siri

Please, tell me I'm wrong, but there seems to be no way of performing most functions one might expect to want to perform hands-free using siri without first unlocking your iphone. I can't for example, find out what my next meeting is without unlocking first. What's the point? I find this to be true for most things I'd like to perform. Apple offers no workaround for this. It's driving me mad. And the fact that it seems the new Siri will operate in exactly the same manner. Tell me I'm wrong and I'm missing something here.

10 Comments
2024/08/16
12:48 UTC

5

Why does she not understand this?

0 Comments
2024/08/01
06:14 UTC

13

Siri doesn’t make any sense.

0 Comments
2024/07/28
17:48 UTC

7

Asked this for the joke response and now she can actually do it again. She’s getting worse.

0 Comments
2024/07/24
14:54 UTC

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