Siri on Homepod no longer recognizes simple commands

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Siri on Homepod no longer recognizes simple commands

I play music on a Homepad a lot, and up until a week ago or so I used be able to say "Hey Siri, play CPR Classical," and Siri would respond "Now playing CPR Classical, provided by I Heart Radio." Now when I ask Siri the same thing I get "Okay, I will play some songs like that," and Siri plays some random orchestral music.

Similarly, if the Homepod was playing Apple Music and played something I didn't like, I could say, "Siri, I don't like this song." Siri would respond with something like "I'll tell Apple Music you don't like this song," and then skip the song. Now when I say the same thing, I get "I found some web results you can view on your phone," or somesuch.

Again, everything was working fine up until a week ago or so. Is this Apple "Intelligence" at work or what? If anyone knows what I can do to fix this, I'd appreciate your advice.

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Posted on Nov 22, 2024 01:11 PM

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ambivalentmaybe Author

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Dec 5, 2024 12:35 PM in response to ambivalentmaybe

Just to add another detail: This issue is not specific to my older HomePod--it is the same on my newer Minis. All the devices have the latest software available. And again, it all used to work fine until recently.

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dasmna

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Dec 7, 2024 04:21 PM in response to ambivalentmaybe

I too have this issue.

I have 7 homepod minis throughout the house all playing the same music. Everything worked fine until Apple Intelligence was released. Now Siri on Homepods if totally useless.

I say "Hey Siri dislike this song." and it says "I found some web results if you ask from your iphone". It used to mark the song as "Suggest Less like this" and skip it.

If I say "Hey siri like this song" it gives me the same useless "I found some web results" message. It used to say "I told apple music you like this song" and marked it as a favorited song.

If I say "Hey Siri add this song to my favorites" it says "I cannot do that, the favorites playlist is uneditable". What The **** does that mean?

If I ask all these same commands from my iphone they work as expected. Did they push a change to homepod Siri to pull her smarts to try and make Apple Intelligence a wee bit smarter?

I have given it a few weeks now. Usually strange things like this will pop up on the homepod siri then correct themselves later. I fear apple has pulled engineers off their normal roles into Apple Intelligence to chase others. Can we please put them back on their regular roles? PLEASE!

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