Siri he is the famous one voice assistant home Applea powerful program with many functions capable of helping the user to make the most of their potential iPhone.
However, as often happens with tools of this type, these are not always 100% reliable solutions and, sometimes, talking to Siri can be really complicated.
So let’s see what they are main problems of the smart assistant of Apple and how to fix them.
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1. Why Siri doesn’t work
One of the main problems of Siri depends on whether the voice assistant it doesn’t always activate when required and this regardless of the device you are using.
Con iOS 17 Apple has abandoned the old”Dairy cattle“for the benefit of a more direct”Siri” but, despite this, the voice assistant does not always respond properly. The causes of this problem are multiple: from too much ambient noise until noise and interference with the microphone of the device, all factors that the user will hardly be able to resolve and will therefore have to raise his voice.
Another problem with Siri is that the software often confuses the wordsespecially if pronounced quickly or with accents or cadences which the smart assistant deems “atypical”, and in Europen there are really many of them.
Even in this case the only thing to do is try to pronounce the words well in the most neutral way possible and in a correct Europen e not too complex.
Finally, another problem related to this software is the very strong connection with Apple services which, obviously, take precedence over everything else, going a bit to discriminate voice commands to start third-party apps and features.
Mind you, these programs still work properly but you may need to repeat your requests several times.
Furthermore, there are applications that really do they are not compatible with the voice assistant and in that case not much can be done about it.
Of course, this isn’t to say that Siri is inefficient or doesn’t know how to do its job. We just need to be a little realistic and understand that these technologies (including those on smartphones from other manufacturers) still have some limitations which, sooner or later, will be overcome perhaps thanks to artificial intelligencebut which for the moment has a significant impact on the usability of voice assistants.
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2. How to improve the functioning of Siri
Se Siri doesn’t work, before “making her jealous” with the question “Siri or Alexa is better”, to encourage you to do better, you can follow some useful advice to make the voice assistant and, obviously, your iPhone a little more functional.
The first thing to do is reconfigure speech recognition and try the formula “Hey Siri” or just “Siri” several times, taking care to speak clearly and with the right tone of voice, so as to make the program more responsive.
To do this just go up Settingsthen on the card Siri e activate and deactivate the listen functionsso from reconfigure voice detection.
Alternatively, rather than using voice commands, you can press and hold the side button and call the voice assistant in this way, avoiding using your voice.
By doing this you will not have to wait for the assistant to appear but you will be able to automatically pronounce the command to execute. The discussion naturally also applies to Apple Watch and that’s enough to do it press and hold the Digital Crown.
With the arrival of iOS 17, Siri can join multiple commands together. This feature should, in theory, make it easier to understand multiple requests but, in some cases, it may confuse the voice assistant which remains listening for longer waiting for more commands.
To block this feature, just say “Thank you” after each command and the assistant will automatically understand that there is only one command to execute.
Very useful, moreover, simplify voice commands as much as possiblewithout getting lost in formulas and overly complex requests which, once again, could confuse Siri.
Finally, the last tip is to don’t wait too long between the invocation of the voice assistant and the command, because the device could pick up other external sounds and not fully understand the request.
In the worst case scenario, if the tool is unable to understand the entire order given, it can always be repeated, but at least it will not pick up sounds that have nothing to do with it.
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3. Other useful tips
Siri it is very useful for carrying out more or less complex operations while keeping your hands free, and this is why the voice assistant, despite all the defects just listed, still remains a pretty good product and ready to fulfill any request from the user.
However, with the arrival of the most recent versions of iOS, Apple has added two features that can make using the phone much smarter but without relying on Siri: i interactive widget not shortcuts.
The former are simply gods widget to place on the Home screen to your liking for call functions more or less specific to the device or the various applications on board. A quick and easy system to access one of the many features on board but without using voice commands.
The shortcutsinstead, they are gods customized workflows which can help Siri carry out sequences of activities (more or less complex) e speed up all those repetitive actionsprovided they are configured properly, of course.
Both of these solutions are very useful for improving the efficiency of your iPhone and allow you to use even very specific functions quickly and without the need to invoke Siri every time.
To know more: IOS, features of the Apple operating system