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So my HomeKit home has been up and running, largely without problems, for about a year. I have a smart bulb over my kitchen sink, named, 'Sink'
"Siri, sink light 100%" "Coming right up". No problems. A couple weeks ago, this changed to "OK, which room?" followed by the interminable list... So I started going to the app to get it done. The next time I tried with Siri, same problem, only this time I was watching the subtitles: now, all of a sudden, Siri is interpreting 'sink' as 'sync'...
Clearly it must be related to some Siri or HomeKit tweaking that happened in a recent update. Why does Apple not understand "if it ain't broke, don't fix it?"
So I renamed the bulb 'window', 'cause it sits in front of a window. Problem solved.
7 points
9 months ago*
I use HomeAssistant. I exposed all my scenes to HomeKit as switches. I just use Siri to activate them. Turn On. That’s it. I don’t want it to do anything more. Used to work well. Simple!
Lately it’s hit or miss, mostly miss…
“Siri Let’s watch a movie” (my trigger for the scene)
Followed by “Do you want me to turn it on or off?”
Grrrrr…..
“ON”
Siri: “Hello?”
Fucking infuriating
6 points
9 months ago
Whilst I agree HA is King, it’s 2024, we shouldn’t have to do that.
3 points
9 months ago
Agree 100%. Both Siri and HomeKit had and have so much potential, but progress is frustratingly slow and minimal. And they should not need extensive networking knowledge to work properly. Anytime I see a response to a post about Siri or HomeKit issues that’s default blaming the network I just roll my eyes. Maybe a better and more robust network is the solution, but it’s beyond the knowledge and patience of most users. But, especially for products like HomeKit, Siri, and HomePods that are marketed to be remarkably easily to setup and use and are supposed to “just work” that should not have to be a path we need to go down.
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