AliRza710 Author

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Siri ignoring requests to search DuckDuckGo

Siri use to use DuckDuckGo to search online when asking her to “search DuckDuckGo” followed by the search request. Why has Apple removed this? Siri now only searches using google. Siri removes the word DuckDuckGo from the search as if intentionally ignoring it. Was Apple paid to remove this by google? We want it

iPad Air 2, iOS 12

Posted on Sep 27, 2022 9:51 PM

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Oct 1, 2022 8:23 AM in response to AliRza710

Ah. Okay. Your footer here shows iOS 12.

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Oct 3, 2022 9:06 AM in response to AliRza710

Go to Settings > Safari > Search Engine. You should be able to choose DuckDuckGo as your default.

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AliRza710 Author

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Oct 4, 2022 5:51 PM in response to pokotho

That’s for safari. This issue is related to Siri no longer using DuckDuckGo. Its actually removing DuckDuckGo from the search request entirely

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Sep 28, 2022 7:49 AM in response to AliRza710

Update your iPad Air 2 to iPadOS 15, and try again.

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AliRza710 Author

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Sep 30, 2022 10:52 PM in response to MrHoffman

The device is updated automatically and has the most current update. This isn’t a device issue

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