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The iPhone version of Siri may be reasonable but, I use the Home Pods and Home Pod mini a lot and they are borderline useless. "Sorry, I can't do that" is their favorite refrain." With two iPhones, three iPads, and five Macs on the same LAN, I am not sure why they can't share resources.  

As to Siri in Car Play, there are times I want to throw it/her out of the window.  Major Interstate intersection, need to concentrate, "Hey, Siri stop the music",  Navigation stops, and music keeps playing. ..aggghhh"

On the topic of Car Play is it just me...?  I can have it working perfectly.  Long journey, Maine to Florida.  Stop for gas and a coffee.  Get back in the car and Car Play refuses to work.  This with an iPhone 13 Max Pro in a new Jaguar.  I can pull over switch off the engine, and open and shut doors.  Unplug the iPhone and start over.  Nothing!  Drive thirty miles, , after stopping and restarting everything works again.  I've swapped cables, and I've cleaned the lighting and USB ports.

JWSC said:

We all get the government we deserve.

The upside is that this will drive manufacturers to adopt wireless charging even more quickly.

Do the EU clowns accept a device with nothing but wireless, or do they insist on a USB-C too? 

NIH syndrome.

We are just back at our Florida home after spending the summer in our New England home where I have HomePod minis, which are great.  In Florida I have a pair of the original HomePods.  OMG, I had forgotten how good they are, the difference is staggering.  I hope Apple revisit the higher end speakers, it is tragic they were discontinued

I'm sure Jony will be vey successful at what ever he does.  It seems his push for everything Apple make to be thinner and lighter went a wee bit too far, but that could well be more Intel's fault than his.  With Apple Silicon, Jony's svelte designs may well make a come back in the years to come, I suspect.