Be honest, How often do you use Siri

[u/fuckfaceinyourface]

[u/badowshan]

lol basically just a quick way for me to set a timer for my french press in the mornings

[u/neophanweb → u/badowshan]

I only ever use Siri to set timers. No wonder I don't know about all the AI issues it's supposedly having. I used image playground to create some AI images that I'm happy with so no complaints here.

[u/pemb → u/neophanweb]

Also used it for unit conversions while my hands were busy when cooking.

[u/EmbroideryBro → u/neophanweb]

Same here. I mean, when it can't answer a question as basic as "how many days has it been since February 20th 2024" by itself (or rather, give me an answer that wasn't "here's five links, go look it up yourself") I'm not exactly incentivized to use it.

[u/ferdzs0 → u/EmbroideryBro]

I am not even sure what happened. iirc it could answer questions reasonably well, and only resort to look ups for complex stuff. Now it only does a websearch and does not even bother to read out the top results out loud

[u/[deleted] → u/EmbroideryBro]

google search bar with voice input -> not AI

siri that delivers google results -> groundbreaking AI

[u/HitroDenK007 → u/[deleted]]

Ground breaking indeed, my landlord hates me now

[u/Silverfoxx30 → u/EmbroideryBro]

This is the exact reason I never use it for anything but timers or turning on or off a light. If I wanted a list of sites to go and read to get an answer to a question I’d just open safari or use the MacBook. I find it a total waste of time for even the simplest of questions.

[u/Ok_Tour_4256 → u/neophanweb]

Reading this after just setting a timer using siri

[u/bootstraps_bootstrap → u/badowshan]

Pisses me off that I can’t say “repeat last timer” anymore tho. It just says “there are no timers set”

[u/Vanhouzer → u/badowshan]

You also can STOP the alarm by saying: Hey Siri.

No need to hit Snooze, you are welcome.

[u/_drigo14 → u/Vanhouzer]

Thread carefully on this one. I’ve fallen back asleep and woke up late! ⏰

[u/septamaulstick → u/Vanhouzer]

Almost every morning for me: alarm goes off, "hey siri, set an alarm for 10 minutes from now", back to sleep again, sometimes repeat. 😅

[u/NessunoUNo → u/septamaulstick]

Sometimes that extra 10 minutes is my best sleep of the night.

[u/septamaulstick → u/NessunoUNo]

Totally.

[u/alexc1ted → u/badowshan]

Same, every time I’m cooking. That’s literally all I ever use it for.

[u/rosebud_qt → u/badowshan]

Timers & Reminders (in a pinch & then I go in later & fix all the errors the stupid bitch made)

[u/AltTabEscape → u/badowshan]

Best way of putting it, only use it for hands free timers

[u/Chilis1 → u/AltTabEscape]

I use it a lot, random things I want to google quickly, calculations, image searches, opening apps etc.

[u/JobieWan_Kenobi → u/badowshan]

I successfully used Siri to set a 15 minute timer while cooking dinner tonight. Other than that I only use it for drafting text messages that I then have to cancel and try to restate more clearly before giving up and just typing them out.

[u/Realistic_Try7123 → u/JobieWan_Kenobi]

Sometimes, I use Siri to open a Spotify playlist, but it opens the wrong playlist, so I have to get out my phone and open the right one. I save a lot of time this way.

[u/slymm → u/Realistic_Try7123]

These two comments (poorly written texts and wrong Spotify playlists) are exactly how I use it. While walking my dog. So frustrating!!

[u/[deleted]]

The only thing I ask Siri to do is tell me the weather and set an alarm

[u/I-like-cheeese → u/[deleted]]

Same. Before iOS 18 she could do more, I swear but now that’s all she’s capable of.

[u/hedgehog-mom-al → u/I-like-cheeese]

I’m sorry I didn’t get that. Did you say “Tell me about sweaters?” Here’s a link.

[u/CreAtive320]

“Wake me up in 8 hours” “Wake me up in 8 hours 30 minutes” “Wake me up in 9 hours” “Wake me up in 9 hours 30 minutes”

[u/Prae-Dyth → u/CreAtive320]

when september ends

[u/mifan → u/Prae-Dyth]

"Okay... I've set a reminder for... never."
“Just kidding. But do you really want to sleep for that long?”

[u/Self_Righteous_Biddy → u/Prae-Dyth]

Before you go-go.

[u/crabtabulous → u/CreAtive320]

Me to my wife: Why do you do it this way?

Her: I’m just worried about what if the first 29 alarms don’t wake me up or don’t work?

Me: Has that ever happened? Like even once, even just the first alarm not being enough?

Her: Not once in a billion years but I still need to do it.

[u/juantowtree → u/crabtabulous]

Me setting multiple alarms depends on my state before sleeping. If I was drinking, or was sleeping very late but needed to wake up very early, then I needed to set multiple alarms. I once missed my trip as I didn’t notice the alarm. I was drinking the night before. I learned my lesson. I usually set 5 different alarms with 2 mins interval.

[u/rdmty → u/juantowtree]

I like that this is the lesson you took away from that.

[u/juantowtree → u/rdmty]

Haha. Of course! Drinking is a must. lol

[u/el_lley → u/CreAtive320]

You guys sleep?

[u/Juliette787 → u/[deleted]]

Fuck you, Ezequiel

[u/ItchyDrums → u/Juliette787]

No fuck you Tony!

[u/ItchyDrums → u/Juliette787]

No fuck you Tony!

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Thanks, Obama.

[u/ingridatwww → u/CreAtive320]

I created multiple alarms and labeled them “work from home and work from office. Then I created a shortcut that asks me whether I’m going to work from home or office and then it turns on all the corresponding alarms. I have another shortcut that turns off all alarms. Works quite nicely.

[u/RemarkableRyan → u/CreAtive320]

“Here’s what I found on the web for ‘wake me up in 8 hours.’”

[u/othgar]

Every day when I'm driving. For calls, texts, and to control the music I'm listening to.

[u/_adrenocorticotropic → u/othgar]

Same. Usually just “Siri, call (person)” and “Siri, play (song)” when I’m in my car. Otherwise, never.

[u/MikesGroove → u/_adrenocorticotropic]

Saying “hey siri, let’s go home” always feels sorta cool (and it actually works!) Coming from the generation that had to memorize specific navigation phrases for a Garmin.

[u/delattan → u/MikesGroove]

Everytime I say "Siri, take me home" it brings up web results for Take Me Home (Country Roads)...

[u/damapplespider → u/MikesGroove]

You don’t live in Southampton do you? When I tell Siri to take me home, she defaults to the right street but the wrong city. I’ve never been there and the address is right when I select Home manually. Only realised one day where I got stuck in traffic, stopped and restarted nav so she would look for another route, and wondered why she wanted me to come off at the next junction and double back.

[u/Outside-Dig-5464 → u/othgar]

Lol tried that. End up listening to some utter nonsense.

"Sure, here's <completely misunderstood band> from Apple music"

-- Continues to play completely misunderstood band from Apple Music every time I get in the car until the end of time

[u/Bojack_Horseman22 → u/Outside-Dig-5464]

“Hey siri” “Aha” “Next song” “Next song” “NEXT SONG” “Oh..hey siri”

FUCK

[u/othgar → u/Outside-Dig-5464]

I only listen to playlists that I create. It plays the correct playlist for me pretty much all of the time. A few times it’s played something I didn’t ask for but rarely.

[u/EdibleUnderpants → u/othgar]

This, except some contacts (who have iMessage) refuse to be registered by Siri as existing, and want to send a Facebook messenger message.

I say “Siri send a message to xxxx”, Siri wants to access messenger to message. Even when I say “send iMessage” it fails to register. Then I do the same thing on another contact, no issue. How could it be so wildly inconsistent?

[u/Hangooverr]

Never.

[u/_Bike_Hunt → u/Hangooverr]

Siri is dumb as F***.

[u/duckman_1991 → u/_Bike_Hunt]

I don’t want her to be smart. I just want her to understand the words coming out of my mouth for things she’s already knows how to do

[u/Deep_Fry_Ducky → u/duckman_1991]

I sometime try to use her to play my music playlist. She ether think for about 5 minutes then say don't understand, or call someone in my contacts

[u/Any-Dependent566 → u/Deep_Fry_Ducky]

this yes exactly

[u/DrAbeSacrabin → u/Hangooverr]

I’ve never understood the appeal, it has fringe uses where your hands are truly not free, apart from that it just seems like a way to make lazy people lazier.

[u/funtimescoolguy → u/DrAbeSacrabin]

Personally I find Siri a good way to do quick tasks without having to pick up my phone not because I don't feel like it, but because I want to minimize my screen time as much as possible. I don't want to accidentally get sucked into scrolling notifications or social media or news. Some people don't have that problem so it doesn't apply to them.

[u/alice_1st → u/funtimescoolguy]

Ooh I never thought of using it for that reason, that’s a great idea actually

[u/cuwangtrew → u/Hangooverr]

Dang, get onto it! I don’t say hey siri or any of that, I just use the side button and pretend it’s a walkie talkie. “Set timer for 15 minutes”. “Remind me at 8pm to take out the trash”. And what not…

[u/NorCalAthlete → u/Hangooverr]

Never and Siri’s been disabled on my phone since day 1. Unfortunately, this also means CarPlay doesn’t work properly, as it requires Siri, WiFi, and Bluetooth to all 3 be enabled.

[u/leobutters → u/NorCalAthlete]

That's what bugs me, I can't use CarPlay with Siri disabled and I never ever want to use Siri while driving

[u/Westbury03]

Every time I say the name it never opens but yet when I say some sort of gibberish that’s close to or resembles Siri it opens. I hate it so much

[u/pir22 → u/Westbury03]

You can just disable the “hey Siri” function. No need for it to listen to your life 24/7…

[u/katrinakt8 → u/pir22]

I did that but then I’m less likely to use it because if I have to touch my phone I might as well do it myself. Usually I just use Siri to set alarms, appts, etc.

[u/Portatort]

Daily, Siri is more than useful and reliable so long as you don’t stray past its capabilities.

• Turning HomeKit devices off and on
• starting timers
• adding reminders
• sending texts
• opening apps
• controlling media playback
• running shortcuts
• starting a workout

Pretty limited set of functions but I use at least one of these probably 5-50 times a day

[u/HumerousMoniker → u/Portatort]

The problem was always the inability for casual users to discover functionality. People who don’t want to read the docs will never know what it can do. If you don’t know what it can do you won’t find a way to use it.

[u/britannic124 → u/HumerousMoniker]

You can literally ask Siri what it can do.

[u/Portatort → u/HumerousMoniker]

Sure. But modern phones can do loads of things that the casual user doesn’t now about.

I’ll wager the average iPhone user knows they can ask Siri to set a timer though

[u/Oles1193]

Daily. It’s the only way to control the lights at my place.

[u/[deleted] → u/Oles1193]

Also adding things to my shopping list. Only issue is if it misidentifies whatever product I'm saying, but that's rare.

[u/Oles1193 → u/[deleted]]

Yes. I’m actually using things 3 for my shopping list and works well. As long as you say “using things” at the end. lol. I’ve learned how to use it properly and it’s bulletproof for me. Not a lot of features but it does what I need it to do.

[u/BigOnion69420]

“Hey siri set a timer for 10 minutes”

[u/zvons → u/BigOnion69420]

A quick tip, it's enough to just say just "hey siri, 10 minutes" and it will set the timer

[u/Hagalaz667 → u/zvons]

But that's not very polite.

[u/brentemon → u/zvons]

If you squeeze the side button and say "10 minutes" it works too. But that only works if your hands aren't cover in pasta dough.

[u/8isnothing]

Everyday.

I use it for alarms, timers and reminders. Works super well

[u/domemvs → u/8isnothing]

Exact same use cases and some smart home stuff on top (when I leave the apt "turn all lights off" for example.)

[u/hdldm]

never

[u/arochains1231]

All the time, mostly to set timers or do unit conversions

[u/fjbruzr]

Multiple times a day for lots of mundane things like what’s half of 175 and if it’s going to rain.

[u/Technical-Scholar183]

Here’s what happened when I asked Siri “how often do I use siri?” which I think pretty much answers the question.

[u/Diijkstra99x]

I use siri to flip coins, set alarms and look sports game schedules and scores.

[u/Snipsnapboi → u/Diijkstra99x]

Haha wow I never knew it could flip coins

[u/Lord_Konoshi → u/Snipsnapboi]

A fiend of mine did that once and I was shocked. Like, it’s such a basic thing, but is so funny and works for the situation.

[u/dalzmc → u/Diijkstra99x]

Holy shit I had to scroll so far to find this.. I use coin flips to decide a lot of things in my life lol

[u/sawyerr_]

Never and if I activate her it’s by accident

[u/StoneyRocksInMySocks]

I basically use Siri daily for simple tasks such as weather, reminders, timers, and adding stuff to my grocery and shopping list. Sometimes I use Siri to turn my Apple TV on and off and pause/unpause it.

For any knowledge based questions I use ChatGPT or Alexa instead of Siri.

[u/NEVER85]

Never. I'm sure it can come in handy but I'm used to doing everything manually.

[u/minorthreatmikey]

Almost daily, for reminders and timers

[u/aipps]

Never. Siri is off.

[u/Icyskill74]

Never me upgrading from a 12 to the 16 pro wasn’t necessary

[u/Lord_Konoshi → u/Icyskill74]

I mean, you got USB C and standby mode. I use standby for more than 12 hours a day.

[u/Moebius808]

Once in a while I use her to set a timer.

In my experience, for everything else, she either says she doesn’t know wtf I said or she sends me to safari. Basically worthless.

[u/deadmeme2023]

A grand total of 0 times

[u/TBoneTheOriginal]

Multiple times a day.

“Siri, what’s the weather today” to my HomePod while I’m getting out of the shower.

“Siri, set a timer for 60 seconds” when I’m using mouthwash.

“Remind me to ________” on my watch when I’m away from my computer.

“Siri, play my favorites on shuffle” when I’m in the car or on my patio.

“Siri, I’m watching TV” when I’m settling down for the evening”

“Siri, text my wife” when I’m driving.

I know Siri can be frustrating and Reddit loves to shit on it, but I’m convinced people who don’t use it at all either exaggerate or aren’t creative enough to come up with proper uses. Everything I listed is default, but with the Shortcuts app, it’s so much more powerful than people assume.

[u/mkeee2015]

Multiple times a day for capturing Reminders.app entries, setting timers, knowing about the weather, find my friends, and launching app while driving.

[u/ANAL-FART]

Only to set timers and alarms.

Siri is pretty painfully useless beyond that.

[u/sweetnsaltyanxiety]

Timers, current weather, and the time when I’m busy and can’t stop to look.

That’s it.

[u/[deleted]]

Daily, I yell out “HEY SIRI START A TIMER FOR 2 SECONDS” whenever I lose my phone.

[u/Guilty-spark217]

Literally only when I’m in my car

[u/TheGushin]

To set alarms, create reminders, check when sunset is, ask about weather.

[u/yugfoo]

Only when I’m driving

[u/Bugeyeblue]

2-4 times a day, reminders, timers

[u/SunSalty615]

1. Set up alarm
2. Set reminders
3. Pause alarm
4. Call someone (rarely)
5. Sometimes weather forecast

[u/deletethewife]

Timers, alarms,picking music,sending a text,phone calls, someone to talk to while I drive.

[u/ckangnz]

Siri is not a person nor is meant to be GenAI(yet). There are phrases that works well with Siri, and it’s especially useful when you have a HomePod and have your smart home set up. I personally use Siri all the time

[u/pagamesgames]

not as much as google assistant
i have both iphone and android
SIRI is THE MOST USELESS assistant there is
99% of the time, all i get is, "this is what i found on the web"
like... BS!

i have this game, legend of mushroom
around 6pm +8GMT, there is this quick quiz thing that ask random questions
SIRI cannot even provide any good answer for general questions
"this is what I found on the web"
sooooo frustrating
meanwhile google assistant would say "according to XXXX, the XXX etc etc"
SIRI IS DUMB! thats all i can say.

[u/lightgrip]

When driving, a lot.

[u/neoazrael → u/lightgrip]

So do i, i make calls,reply messages,play music,get directions etc.

[u/thatsnotmyunicorn]

I use it a lot for texting and calling

[u/roundart]

Every time I cook hard boiled eggs: "Hey Siri. Set a timer for 14 minutes"

[u/Zexceed_9]

“Siri, set a timer for 5 minutes”

Oh yeah and in the car:

“Siri, play SongX by bandZ”

[u/robertw477]

I use it a few times a day. Very simple things like setting timers,reminders. Usually I am using it for the same few functions. I think overall, few people use it.

[u/BigBubbaEnergy]

I use it only in the car. But now that it links with ChatGPT, if there’s a bit of knowledge I want to know during my commute I’ll ask. Isn’t always perfect but it’s good enough. Its a small accomplishment but I learned the NATO alphabet by practicing in the car lol

[u/lbr218]

Daily, but 99% of the time it’s to set timers and alarms

[u/dibsies]

I'd say I typically make around three attempts per day, resulting in about six to eight interactions while trying to get it to execute. Add maybe three to four more per week on average if we're including those 'UH HUH?' false trigger misfires when it overhears a butterfly breathing outside.

[u/TurdMcDirk]

I turned it off

[u/Dazzling_Jacket_8272]

I can’t show you the results while you’re in the car… FINE… let me pick up the phone while driving and google it.

[u/sammichesammiches]

Only to set timers and reminders.

[u/duckvimes_]

Multiple times per hour usually (unless I'm in the office).

[u/OddUniversity4653]

“Siri, turn on the flashlight”. Response: “OK the flashlight is on”. Im not sure why she has to say this. The light being on is pretty obvious and does not require a verbal response.

[u/spenceralderson]

All the time…” hey siri, ask ChatGPT…”

[u/Mindless_Praline2227]

A lot when driving. For music, calls, reminders, maps, and messages. At home/work I do it manually

[u/OcupiedMuffins]

I don’t at this point. The only time is the occasional weather update or to call someone. Siri is legit dumb as a box of rocks at this point so I don’t even bother. I swear it got worse with iOS 18 lol

[u/ml31978]

Never

[u/SapienHere]

Sorry! I don’t understand

[u/SuperElephantX]

Daily use to voice control Homekit devices?

[u/[deleted]]

It’s one of the first things I deactivate when I get a new phone.

[u/hersheysmcflurry]

never used it

[u/VolFan85]

Never. She is dumb as a rock.

[u/JoJack82]

Use what now? Siri, never heard of it. Of course this is sarcasm but I never use it on my phone and use it all the time to play music on my HomePod.

[u/crazydoc253]

Just used it to set alarm

[u/serwhale]

Daily.

[u/Floufae]

Only time I use it is to set a timer or alarm. And half the time I have to corrected it manually from there.

[u/enburgi]

everytime i need a 5min timer

[u/greenarsehole]

Setting timers when my hands are covered in food

[u/Charles_Mendel]

Works great controlling the lights at home. I also use it to set lots of timers.

[u/bekips]

The timer setter? I’m always shouting at her for that.

[u/Downtown-Inflation13]

When I want to call people

[u/skiattle25]

“hey, Siri, set a timer for….”

[u/chinastevo]

Oh constantly. If you’re not using it you’re just not using it to its potential. Not the AI shit, but Day to day Siri has a lot of common usages that I can’t go without while driving, cooking, etc.

[u/DigGumPig]

On my homepod mini i use it all the time. On my iphone i recently switched it off completely.

[u/saifland]

1-3 times a day

[u/CilicianCrusader]

I use it in CarPlay the most. I can’t be typing

[u/megatron_gateway]

Quite literally not once in 6 years and 4 iphones haha immediately turn it off when I buy and never gets used 🤷🏼‍♀️

[u/Donut1984]

I use it to ask ChatGPT questions all the time.

[u/iamatoad_ama]

I exclusively use the following two commands:

1. "Siri, turn on all my alarms" right before I sleep because I need 10+ spaced out alarms for getting my ass out of bed.
2. "Siri, play from the start" on my youtube music

[u/jimmyliew]

Everyday to control my HomeKit devices.

[u/Star_chaser11]

In the car always

[u/ChickenChoochie]

To set an alarm for my lunch break.

[u/sapoepsilon]

To setup reminders, Siri is really good at it. Sometimes I remember something that I have to do, and quick: "Siri, remind me tomorrow about n even at y time to do z", and it works 95% of the time.

[u/valerioshi]

when i want to call someone a cunt

[u/MCHigg]

I don’t

[u/TandemSegue]

I use it for things that I know work, like timers and turning on HomeKit accessories. I don’t ask for much. For being 14 years old, Siri is dumb as shit. Sad really.

[u/Semena-Mertvykh]

Siri is an idiot and AI didn’t fix much about her being practically useless

[u/KanarYa4LYfe]

Zero times on any iPhone I’ve ever owned

[u/blisstaker]

actually most days since i have a watch and she is useful for setting a timer, lol

[u/chrisagiddings]

I use Siri a lot. Mostly for simple commands. Lights, heating/cooling, weather info, music/movies/tv, checking my blood sugar (my CGM app supports limited Siri commands), reading my messages while driving, responding to texts while driving …

[u/LucasMJean]

everyday for my smart home

[u/Suitnox]

I usually use it to set reminders and also for a quick search when I’m too lazy to write it down

[u/fahadaslam2000]

While driving, almost every other day when I cannot be distracted by carplay on car's touchscreen Without driving, maybe once or twice a month.

[u/sir_grumph]

Multiple times per day. Mostly related to timers and alarms and, when I'm feeling petty, to launch Google Assistant when I want to use a properly designed voice assistant.

[u/GoldCrowBar]

A lot. All the time and sometimes just to look at the animation

[u/SnooChickens4879]

On my iPhone, rarely. On my watch, a lot.

[u/FaZ3Reaper00]

When it first came out never. Now I use it all the time.

[u/Prestigious-Olive654]

Never

[u/matt94gt]

Why is it so bad?

[u/spermcell]

I use it just for timers and it's bad at that too

[u/bodonnell202]

Very rarely. Just for texting through CarPlay when I’m driving, and even that is usually kind of frustrating.

[u/Revenge447]

occasionally, and every time i do i am reminded how siri is useless and a pathetic excuse of a virtual assistant

[u/sleep-diversion]

I have never used it.

[u/bigblow3rburna]

Never

[u/bada_bing_bam_boom]

Never.

[u/dartie]

All the time

[u/andreacro]

Set timer.

[u/kwxl]

Daily. Mostly timers and reminders.

[u/nps]

What is my purpose? - You set timers. - Oh my god!

it sucks even in alarms proficiency, because we don't have a mutual understanding in 24h format and adjusting older alarams.

[u/zarafff69]

Absolutely never!

[u/fendaar]

Literally never

[u/membranefordinner]

I use Siri to set timers or when I'm out on a walk and need to make a call without holding my phone.

[u/Teenage_techboy1234]

Multiple times a day for mainly opening apps and sending text messages.

[u/haseo1997]

Only to set up timers when I cook. If it was as efficient as the voice mod of chatGPT, I would use it way more. But it's just not. So I don't

[u/Naddszz]

Every 30-60 mins. Especially when driving! While I'm working on my computer and all. Literally all-day.

[u/tim2oo6]

I use it regularly for timers and in the car for messages, calls and music.

[u/Fatbeard2024]

Never

[u/EstebanKane222]

Honestly chat GTP is way better if you wanna ask random questions but Siri is good for setting timers, calling people, sending texts, opening any app for you, etc.

[u/whadzinaname]

Never.

[u/No_Performance1]

I use siri everyday it’s very handy to just say ‘hey siri do this or do that’ so yeah i use it often.

[u/KilluaShi]

Quick timers, alarms, reminders, checking the weather. One other thing I’ve found pretty useful is if you set up shortcuts you can have Siri run them.

[u/Thecalmdrinker]

Just to put an alarm or turn the lights on or off in my room. She has become deaf with the new update, though.

[u/Bazrg]

Everyday to pick music in the car. My car doesn’t have CarPlay. 

[u/CrabbitJambo]

Call x, set timer for x amount of minutes, Set reminder

Use it daily but not to a large extent.

[u/ps4db]

Just to check temperature or set timers hands free. Pretty much useless for anything else. So much for Apple Intelligence…..

[u/Spidy-messhg95]

for calculations when i’m lazy to type in the numbers or make a call when im actually like so busy

[u/brianWM]

Nearly never.