What has changed with Siri in iOS 16

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What has changed with Siri in iOS 16

So, ever since upgrading to iOS 16 there has been a significant decrease in the effectiveness of Siri. Things that 'worked' no longer do and it isn't me that changed.

Simple commands like:

Hey Siri what's the news for today, used to play the latest news from my preferred vendor; now it searches the web
Hey siri play me the news for today, used to play, now sometimes it looks in apple music
Hey siri turn the tv off, used to turn the tv off, now it turns off the Apple TV, and if I say it again, it then maybe turns the tv

These are just a few things but very repeatable; there's plenty of other things which make me want to stop using it...especially when it was working perfectly fine prior to the update.

Yes I've restart, shut down, restart again, upgraded to 16.1.1 still same results...

iPhone 12

Posted on Nov 11, 2022 08:39 AM

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brbo

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Nov 12, 2022 08:04 PM in response to spfaff2

Re: What has changed with Siri in iOS 16

About iOS 16 Updates - Apple Support

says these are the changes:

Siri

- Easy Shortcuts setup makes it possible to run shortcuts with Siri as soon as you download an app with no upfront setup (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
- A new setting allows you to send messages without Siri asking you to confirm before sending
- “Hey Siri, what can I do here?” helps you discover Siri capabilities in iOS and apps just by asking (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
- Call hang up option for ending Phone and FaceTime calls with Siri by saying “Hey Siri, hang up.” (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)

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Re: "Things that 'worked' no longer do and it isn't me that changed".

Commiserations on the difficulties you are having.

Seems like Siri needs re-educating about you, and your requests.

If the old requests don't work, you might want to try saying things in a different way, until Siri "catches on" again.

Also:

You might want to send feedback to those who can make changes.

They will likely not reply, however the more feedback they receive on an issue,

the more likely we'll see changes in a future update.

Product Feedback - Apple

All the best :-)

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What has changed with Siri in iOS 16

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