We may be an outlier but on the whole our HomePod has worked more or less flawlessly since we purchased it. However, after one of those micro-second power cuts that happen from time to time, the Siri response was awful. What seemed to put it right was a couple of Handoffs from an iPhone of playing music after which voice requests for music have been OK.
One aside - we listen to quite a lot of internet radio stations with our HomePod and it isn’t unusual for Siri to select the wrong radio station when there are several with similar names. Not a showstopper but it does seem to learn over time to get the right stations. I’ve also found that using a 'dictation' voice - speaking slightly slower than conversational chat - seems to improve reliability. I’ve noticed this with my Apple Watch as well. Regards, Tony Sent from my iPad > On 14 Apr 2020, at 11:48, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > > Unfortunately In my experience so far, Siri is absolutely terrible, not a > patch on Alexa. I end up repeating variations of the same command multiple > times until I just give up and do it via an app or manually. > _ > Regards > Sam Mullen > > +44 (0)7747778022 > [email protected] > www.macambulance.com > > > MacAmbulance Ltd. > Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development > > MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration > number 8466597 > > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. > > If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete > the email immediately. > > >> On 14 Apr 2020, at 11:34, 'Jason Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> >> Stuck (working) at home, I splashed out on a homepod but it's really erratic >> about finding my music. I have iTunes match but not Apple Music. I can >> stream anything from the computer but try to turn it off in the evening so I >> don't end up working.. What's really weird is that it can't find songs I've >> convinced it to play. Eg Ultravox did a song 'Vienna' and the album had the >> same name. >> >> Hey Siri play Vienna by Ultravox >> >> I'm sorry I can't find Vienna in your music. >> Hey Siri play Vienna >> >> <plays the album from the beginning> >> >> Hey Siri play next song (to the song Vienna) >> >> Hey Siri what's this song called? >> >> This is Vienna by Ultravox >> >> <song plays) >> >> Hey Siri play Vienna by Ultravox >> >> "I couldn't find Vienna in your music" (while Vienna plays in background) >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Jason >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/FBF1E6D4-5A21-4FAE-998A-36CB25966C8B%40me.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/F9AC97B5-0FF4-485B-AE4B-1517092377C3%40macambulance.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/0C462C62-F8C2-4385-B3E5-76C50A926DBA%40me.com.
