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HomePod review: Your mileage may vary, but crank it up for the ride
HomePod isn’t even available in Spanish speaking countries. While I appreciate your insight and background on the word patio, the argument regarding how she pronounces it is ultimately pedantic — Siri mispronounces a lot of things, regardless of the origin of the word.foregoneconclusion said:
No, it's not only correct when speaking Spanish. I guarantee you that there are plenty of English speaking anglos in California that use "potty-o" and not "patty-o". And, again, it's a straw man to claim I don't think anglicized versions are correct. I'm disputing that Siri's use of the Spanish pronunciation is an error.gatorguy said: It's correct if speaking Spanish. Not when replying in American English, which again is different from British English. So no it's not "more correct". Surely you don't think every English word derived from a foreign root, and there's a LOT of 'em, should be pronounced in that foreign language
Also, my wife’s first language is Spanish, and she says there is a distinct difference in that language — it’s two syllables in Spanish, which is different from the three syllables of a mispronounced “pot-e-oh.”
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HomePod review: Your mileage may vary, but crank it up for the ride
Multiple people handled the review. I clearly explained that portions comparing to Amazon and Google were provided by Max and Vadim.jsmythe00 said:...interesting. Author admits to not using echo or Google home. Cool. But then compares their sound quality, which home pod excels in. But when it's time to compare Siri to them, he leaves that out.
That's like me comparing multitasking on my note 8 to IPX. Of course it wins .But when I get around to Samsung's face ID, I don't emphasize it's shortcomings.
Get real on your assessment dude
Get real on your reading comprehension dude.
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First look: Apple's HomePod is loud, heavy and powerful
If I ask "Hey Siri, what's on my calendar?" I get the response: "I can't access your calendar here. Sorry about that!"rogifan_new said:How does Siri work with tasks the HomePod can’t handle? Do they get pushed to your iPhone or iPad or does Siri say sorry I can’t do X on the HomePod?
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Despite being a HomeKit accessory, HomePod does not work within custom triggers or scenes
Yeah, I think that's a tvOS beta/AirPlay 2 thing. But man, would it be nice to create a scene that says "When I turn on my Apple TV, turn off my lights and stop music on my HomePod."wa4321 said:Nevermind... beta 11.3
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First look: Apple's HomePod is loud, heavy and powerful
HomePod gets priority over all other devices as long as they are not active (ie, iPhone is locked, wrist is not raised). If you want to do an iPhone-specific command without HomePod, while HomePod is within earshot, grab your phone and unlock it first.fastasleep said:
How does the “Hey Siri” canceling work with multiple people in the room with multiple devices? I mean you initially set up HP with some voice samples, but that doesn’t matter as far as account recognition as it’ll respond to anyone, right? So what if someone else says Hey Siri but they’re talking to their watch or phone, both on a different Apple ID, and the HomePod on the other account is in the room and “takes” the request? Honestly confused how this thing works with potentially several people using Siri in proximity of the HP and how having only a single user setup for your personal information/etc makes any sense at all unless you live alone and have no visitors ever.nhughes said:
It can only be set up with one phone and one account, that's it. So if you ask it to pull text messages, it will only do so from the one authorized phone that was used to set up the account.mike1 said:
OK. Gotcha regarding the voices.nhughes said:
I'm not really sure what you're asking here. Are you both saying Hey Siri at exactly the same time? It listens to whoever prompted it. I don't see where this would be a problem.mike1 said:
If there are two people in the same room, in range, which does it go to?nhughes said:
Siri does not distinguish between people nor does it allow multiple accounts. If you enable access to messages, notes and reminders, and your iPhone is within range, anyone can access them by voice.mike1 said:Looking forward to getting one soon.
I do have a question, though, and maybe it will be covered in the full review.
How does/will it respond to multiple voices? By design, this is not a personal device. It sits in a home and should be able to be used by more than one person. Can Siri be trained to recognize more than one voice? And if it recognizes different people, can it access different music profiles, different reminders or text messages based on who is making the request?
It doesn't distinguish voices, but does it respond to all voices? Currently, my wife's devices ignore my "Hey Siri" and vice-versa.
It responds to all voices.
To clarify my other question. If there are two phones (sorry I typed people earlier) within range and you ask it to set a reminder or read back a text, which phone does it grab it from? Thanks for the responses, Neil.
Alternatively, as part of the initial setup, you can disable HomePod access to messages, reminders and notes. This means that not you nor anyone else will be able to read messages from your phone (or whatever one it is paired with).
If you have access to messages enabled, there is no security feature. If your phone is within range, anyone can ask Siri to read your unread messages.
