zroger73

I never paid any attention to VR until I bought an Oculus Quest 2 on impulse last month. I've enjoyed it almost daily since then. It was my first experience with VR, but I immediately noticed room for improvement and thought to myself, "I can't wait until Apple makes a better version of this thing". I'd definitely pay $1,000 for it and I might pay $2,000. For $3,000, though, I'll tolerate the OQ2's limitations.

Examples of where Siri fails and Alexa excels for me:

"Hey, Siri. Add chicken enchiladas to the shopping list." Siri adds "chicken inch a lot of".

"Hey, Siri. Add chicken parmesan to the shopping list." Siri replies, "Okay - I've added those two items" and adds "chicken" and "parmesan" as separate items.

"Hey, Siri. Play Groove Salad on SomaFM." Siri says she can't do that.

"Hey, Siri. Play [my local public radio station]." After a long pause, Siri often responds that there was a problem playing the content. Alexa has no problem playing it.

"Hey, Siri. Add chicken piccata to the shopping list." Siri adds "Chupacabra".

"Hey, Siri. Add Albert's hot sauce to the shopping list." Siri adds "Albert f**k off". Really, Siri?

"Hey, Siri. Add toothpaste to the shopping list." Siri adds "toupees". Thanks for the reminder, Siri.

Half the time, when my brother tells Siri to "turn on the lights" using his HomePod, she plays some profane hip hop song that has no apparent connection to the request.

I use my voice professionally, so I'd like to think that I'm pronouncing these items correctly.

Alexa understands each of these requests correctly. I prefer using Siri for my shopping list because it's easier to use on all my Apples devices, but Siri's relative lack of intelligence makes the decision more difficult.

AppleInsider said:

Siri can now stop alarms, timers, and media across HomePod speakers

Either I'm not understanding this or it's not working for me... This morning, one of the alarms sounded on one of my HomePods. From another room where there is another HomePod, I said "Siri, stop" which is what I always say to stop an alarm from sounding. Siri responded by asking if i was referring to the name of the HomePod in the room where the alarm was sounding. I said yes, but the alarm continued to sound. I could not stop it except from the HomePod with the sounding alarm. All HomePods were updated to 14.1 yesterday.

I've mourned the loss of the brilliant MagSafe charger on my MacBooks since Apple ditched it.

The Passport has offered Apple CarPlay support since the 2019 model year - it's not new for 2021.

Also, the general quality of this article is terrible - AI should be embarrassed. 

"PassPort"? "2ED"? The Insight is not a "luxury" model.