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nicholfd said:

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mike1 said:

Afganblues said:

I’m sure he would be livid over this HomePod, iPhone, watch Siri differentiation issue. What really sucks that if I’m in a room with my  HomePod, phone and watch that I do not know where Siri will come from, especially when it’s a personal request and the HomePod responds with I can’t do that. Steve Jobs is probably rolling over in his grave

With my wife and I each having iPhones, iPads and my Watch, as well as a house full of HomePods, I found the most reliable solution was to disable Hey Siri on all the devices except the HomePods. For my needs, there is no benefit to having the phones or Watch respond to Hey Siri. If I am not at home, the phone is within arm's reach and the Watch is on my wrist, so I can easily push the buttons to engage Siri when needed.

Maybe I’ll try that idea, but I still wish that Apple could figure out a way for the different devices to somehow communicate with each other and delegate the task to just one device that is closest to the command issuer. I’m guessing that ability will be forthcoming with the advancement of AI.

This is a home infrastructure issue (WiFi).

We have 13 home pods.  My wife & I each have an iPhone, Apple Watch & iPad.  Always only one device answers.  Unless the iPhone or iPad are unlocked and in use, a home pod answers.  If you are actively using an iPhone or iPad, they will take priority and only one will answer.  This works by all the devices talking on the same reliable WiFi network. Multiple devices hear the "Hey Siri!, and they decide which will answer & inform the others to not answer.

You need to troubleshoot your home infrastructure.  This is a problem that Apple solved from the beginning.

I would have no idea how to do that. All of my devices use the same WiFi network. But apparently I’m not the only one this is happening to.

nicholfd said:

Afganblues said:

Absolutely useless for people with low vision, or who are blind, or the HomePod is out of the line of sight,. There is one simple solution that I do not understand why Apple doesn’t implement. Hey HomePod or hey Siri pod or whatever the hell else you want to use as an alert phrase. We could even have custom FrasesWhy couldn’t the person program HomePod to respond to, let’s say something ridiculous like rumplestillskin.  Remember the reports of how angry Steve Jobs was over mobile me?, I’m sure he would be livid over this HomePod, iPhone, watch Siri differentiation issue. What really sucks that if I’m in a room with my  HomePod, phone and watch that I do not know where Siri will come from, especially when it’s a personal request and the HomePod responds with I can’t do that. Steve Jobs is probably rolling over in his grave

I'm not sure what differentiation issues you are referring to.  We have 8 x HomePods around the house, we both have iPhones & iPads that are on us or laying around, and 3-4 MacBooks on with the lids open, and both wear Apple Watches.  A HomePod ALWAYS answers, as they should, unless we have another device awake & actively using it.. Maybe you have a home WiFi or Bluetooth issue with interference, etc.?  The devices must be able to connect and announce to each other, who's handling the request.  There could also be Apple ID account issues, which is what ties all the devices together.  Probably an Apple ID/registration issue, or communications issue.

Yes, the HomePod always answers. But so does every other device. Whenever I give Siri a command, 3 or 4 different devices answer the command. It seems like all of the devices should be able to discern which device is closest to me or whether I’m actively using a device. If I’m actively using the iPad, all of the other devices still respond to the command instead of only the device I’m actively using.

I'm wondering if it will get my Bose Waveguide radio to work again. It has mostly alway worked with AirPlay 2 and then it stopped working so I had to switch to the HomePod. I think that when the new version of AirPlay comes out, I will try to see if I can get the Bose system to work again. The sound quality is about equal but the Bose system sounds much louder even though the speaker is a lot smaller. Apple must not realize that not everyone listens to music and Podcasts right directly in front of the speaker. Sometimes we might be far away from the speaker. I even added a 2nd speaker for a stereo pair and I'm not sure it's any louder.

I totally agree that it’s a “device in search of a problem.” I’ve been skeptical from the beginning. I think that a VR/AR headset could be a cool product even though I have never owned such a device. But I see it as nothing more than a cool toy. I never saw it as a revolutionary device that changes the world like the iPhone did.

JP234 said:

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DuhSesame said:

Make sense.  It’ll be odd just to just have a single Pro model without different performance.

I don't think it would be odd at all. The only difference between the iPhone 14 Pro and the iPhone 14 Pro Max is the screen size and obviously the bigger battery due to the larger size. That's a good thing in my view. I feel like if you want a smaller phone then get the Pro and if you want a bigger phone then get the Pro Max. I hate being penalized just because I prefer a smaller phone.

What "penalty" are you suffering? I prefer a smaller phone, too. It has to fit sideways in my bicycling jersey pocket so it doesn't fall out. The 2020 SE works just fine, and there's nothing I feel like I'm missing with the smaller screen.

The penalty was with the 12 Pro. The Pro Max had a 47% larger camera sensor and had 2.5X zoom instead of 2X zoom. I felt like I was missing out because I wanted the smaller size. I would be fine with the SE size as long as it has the same specs, but it doesn’t. The main thing for me is that the phone can fit in my front pocket, which the Pro Max does not. I usually go with the Pro because it fits in my front pocket. I was worried about the 6 when it first came out but I waited for the user experience accounts and then confidently purchased the 6S knowing that it would be fine in my front pocket. I see a large number of people with their phone in the back pocket, but I don’t want to do that.