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chasm said:

I do see the "I'll tap you when I'm ready" message from time to time (maybe once in 50, certainly not the problem you're having), but let me tell you what the problem is and a potential fix.

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

But, err, no, it doesn't help.  Trust me, I've researched all the known solutions to this - they don't work.  

1)
The phone and watch are both joined to known good wifi networks.  Safari works fine.  Hey Siri "hold on...".  The phone works flawlessly, the watch, not so much.  

Note: I never carry the phone and watch together, so I mean the phone is on a good wifi network at home and the watch is on a known good wifi network where I am.  Yes I regularly 'forget' bad networks, yes I have 'ask to join unknwn networks' enabled.  Search the apple forums and there are a LOT of posts saying the fixes don't work and Siri always responds with 'hold on...'.  The solution is for Apple to start logging when this message comes up, and logging when siri successfully takes a message - and if the ratio gets too low, say 1 in 10, then it needs to pop up a message saying "you've just scored a free replacement watch, lifetime applecare, a free mac pro and $1million dollars.  please come to the apple store so we can give it all to you" then investigate the cause and fix it.  Yes, I'm applying economic theory of cost - the problem doesn't get fixed because there is no cost to Apple, my solution gives Apple a great big fat cost, which they can reduce by fixing the problem.  Easy.  Not going to happen, and I'll keep the watch because I don't really need Siri (not that I'd know if it's any use, because, duh,  'hey Siri!' 'Hold on...').

2)
And regarding "hey siri, ... that's not how you pronounce it."  Yep, that sets the pronouciation field in the contact record.  Already done that, already said I did 

“Hold on...”

”i’ll Tap you when I’m ready”

AWS4 cellular. Siri works like once in 20.  I don’t even bother anymore - I check it a couple of times after each software update then go back to ignoring it. Pathetic. 

Proper nouns in dictation also needs work.  It doesn’t seem to use the pronunciation in contacts even when it’s available.  Some way generally to feed back so dictation gets better, like the ability to tap a word and fix it and dictate it a few times so it learns.  

canukstorm said:

osmartormenajr said:

... It is unclear if TRAI's app was approved because it uses the framework and follows App Store policies, or if Apple ultimately gave in to demands.

At this day and age, I fear it's the latter. No matter your nationality, ideology, or education (I'm an engineer BTW), if you can remember high school history, you can recognize that we are frogs in a warming pot. We are just letting too much slide...

No one is above the law.  You want to play in someone else's backyard, you play by their rules or don't play at all.

I’ve yet to see a car with a USBC port, but there are already cars with wireless charging built in. 

USBA will be around for a very very very long time even if it’s just for cars.  

Cars will migrate away from USB to wireless charging just like they’ve moved away from ‘mic’ ports to Bluetooth. 

The future is not USBC, it’s wireless for power and thunderbolt for data (because USB 3.2 is still too slow).

I really don't want to buy new hardware until Meltdown/Spectre etc. are fixed in the microcode.  Looking at other reviews it seems like these new processors have some performance tweaks so the patches run better, but it's minor.  Going OT: I do wonder if that's why the Mac Pro is still so far off - Apple want to wait for silicon that is properly fixed.