Poll: Do you use Siri?

bcjames · 13 Aug 2014 at 11:52

I used to use it in the car to make music play, but now I use Spotify again, Siri is redundant really.

Luke_Bowman · 13 Aug 2014 at 13:42

SMN said:
No, never use it - i find the idea of talking to machines bizarre.

I don't use it in public

Look like a right nut

Rosbif · 13 Aug 2014 at 13:53

I've used Siri to get the weather forecast a few times but thats about it.

lamboman · 13 Aug 2014 at 16:44

Luke_Bowman said:
I don't use it in public

Look like a right nut

If I do, I genuinely have a good look around before saying anything...I get caught off guard, I'll mumble

Robbo · 13 Aug 2014 at 20:00

Yes, but not often. I'd rather have it than not.

N19h7m4r3 · 13 Aug 2014 at 20:45

I played with it when I first got my 4S. Never again afterwards.

Trifid · 13 Aug 2014 at 21:23

Those who say 'no'. Do you use your phone to set reminders?

Av8 · 13 Aug 2014 at 21:34

Found it useful for making/replying to text or email while driving hands free, connects through Bluetooth in car so that makes it useful in that respect. Other than that haven't made use of it's capabilities.

shiver · 14 Aug 2014 at 11:14

I use it for reminders and setting a timer etc.

That's about it.

Luke_Bowman · 14 Aug 2014 at 11:37

I have Ford SYNC which should work well in tandem with it but I just find that whole thing a pain.

I'd rather call/text someone after I finish driving, but then again I don't do long journeys...

Cuchulain · 14 Aug 2014 at 11:38

I use it for sending texts, Nissan Connect deals with the incoming texts though.

The_Abyss · 20 Aug 2014 at 00:13

Very occasionally, but only for fun rather than function. It is too immature and too narrow to be used more widely atm imo.

stuman · 3 Sep 2014 at 07:04

''siri, remind me when i get home to post that damn letter"

and setting alarms. very useful.

bsoltan · 5 Sep 2014 at 18:01

I've realised why I don't use it much.

Poor signal. It means I can't get in the habit of using it so only tend to use it for minor things. It is useful for turning on/off alarms though but I'm going try and start using it to set reminders.

MonsterMoshi · 7 Sep 2014 at 00:40

bsoltan said:
I've realised why I don't use it much.

Poor signal. It means I can't get in the habit of using it so only tend to use it for minor things. It is useful for turning on/off alarms though but I'm going try and start using it to set reminders.

+1
I find I use it at home for setting alarms, timers etc but when I'm out and about the signal is normally too poor to make it worth while.

mrochester · 7 Sep 2014 at 11:15

I use Siri in the car to control my music playback.

Terminal_Boy · 7 Sep 2014 at 11:28

Only for sending messages, creating contacts, setting alarms/reminders whilst driving.

Useful then, a gimmick when I use the phone normally.

Eddie182 · 7 Sep 2014 at 11:39

bsoltan said:
I've realised why I don't use it much.

Poor signal. It means I can't get in the habit of using it so only tend to use it for minor things. It is useful for turning on/off alarms though but I'm going try and start using it to set reminders.

Thinking about it, I'm in the same boat, as with many of the features of the phone and the apps I have.

At work I struggle to get a (very poor) 3G signal, and even around town the 3G signal is pretty intermittent and not terribly fast outside of the city centre.

I'm hoping that when I move the the iPhone 6, at switch networks from O2 to EE, I might finally be able to do all the things I should be able to do when I'm actually away from the home WiFi.

ElliorR · 10 Sep 2014 at 15:36

I bought an iPad Air recently and did some comparisons between Google and Siri and Google did a lot better. I have to admit that surprised me as I though Siri, by now, would be up there with Google.

Spleen Sauce · 10 Sep 2014 at 16:29

Since going back to Android I do find that I miss it while in the car. In my Audi A1 even though I couldn't activate siri via the car controls as long as I held the home button the Audi would be piped through the car's Bluetooth - something I just can't get working on Android.

I'd often use it to 'read my messages' and reply to those. Biggest annoyance for me was that its speech recognition wasn't anywhere near as good as Google's though it is more accurate in ios8.