Why doesn’t Siri do this?

[Wanted797]

I like many have a variety of Apple products (Mac, iPhone, iPad, watch, HomePods etc).

My HomePods are used for music and some scenes for rain sounds for my 1 year old going to sleep. As well as some smart light.

One of the things that drives me crazy is when I say “Hey Siri” Siri has no idea what device I’m talking about sometimes even when I ask.

“Hey siri play xyz” … music starts playing on my iPhone because it was face up.

Why doesn’t Apple let me say “Hey HomePod” “Hey iPad” “Hey iPhone”This would be such a simple step to direct your command and wouldn’t even remove from the existing hey siri process.

The only work around I have found is to set the HomePods to work with the “Siri” command but they also seem to not register it as easily.

 

[StumpyBloke]

Use the room name the HomePod is in as part of your command, i.e. “Siri play rain sounds in living room”

 

[Wanted797]

Use the room name the HomePod is in as part of your command, i.e. “Siri play rain sounds in living room”

That takes a lot longer to say than “Hey Hompod”

 

[StumpyBloke]

That takes a lot longer to say than “Hey Hompod”

You wanted to know how it worked, I suggested a way. If you think an extra one second is a "lot longer" then I don’t know what to say to you.

 

[Starfia]

Why doesn’t Apple let me say “Hey HomePod” “Hey iPad” “Hey iPhone”This would be such a simple step to direct your command and wouldn’t even remove from the existing hey siri process.

Presumably that would introduce problems for people with more than one of any kind of device (particularly HomePods, which it's common to have several of)?

Use the room name the HomePod is in as part of your command, i.e. “Siri play rain sounds in living room”

That takes a lot longer to say than “Hey Hompod”

It takes longer, but the point of setting up the Home app with rooms is presumably to be able to specify them unambiguously?

 

[Wanted797]

Presumably that would introduce problems for people with more than one of any kind of device (particularly HomePods, which it's common to have several of)?





It takes longer, but the point of setting up the Home app with rooms is presumably to be able to specify them unambiguously?

My HomePods already know which room I’m in based on I assume where my voice is loudest. When I ask Siri something she respond in the room I’m in (bedroom vs lounge.)

The issue arises more with my other devices. As the “hey Siri” command is ambiguous when I’m in the lounge and so is my phone an iPad.