Siri can’t search the internet

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Siri can’t search the internet

So I just switched to iPhone, and there are some quirks along the way. I asked Siri “what’s playing at the Regal cinema in (location)”. Siri then responded “I’m sorry but Siri cannot search the internet on iPhone.” I’m on the most recent iOS on the 14 pro max. Is Siri crippled on the latest iOS, because on android such a search was something I took for granted, if the query or command didn’t pull up a certain feature, it would search Google. Please tell me I didn’t make a mistake in going Apple

iPhone 14 Pro Max, iOS 16

Posted on Nov 9, 2022 5:10 AM

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Nov 10, 2022 5:33 AM in response to Neddd

Did some searching and finally found something that enabled what I was looking for: https://www.indabaa.com/allow-siri-to-search-web-content-on-iphone-and-ipad/

basically you go into the content restrictions and make sure web content is enabled under the Siri heading. You have to enable the restrictions feature to do this.

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Nov 9, 2022 5:25 AM in response to Neddd

Neddd wrote:

Siri then responded “I’m sorry but Siri cannot search the internet on iPhone.” I’m

It would be better if you can please re-post with a screenshot, in order to understand the phenomenon better. Images/pictures speak louder than words.

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Please re-post with detail so that someone else can help.

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Nov 9, 2022 5:24 AM in response to Neddd

Neddd wrote:

Please tell me I didn’t make a mistake in going Apple

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Nov 9, 2022 5:30 AM in response to Neddd

Your command needs to be specific. The word, playing could mean music, a podcast or a movie.

When I said, Hey Siri, which movie is playing in Cinemapolis (A Cinema theatre in my area)

Siri said, I found this on the web and gave me a list.

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Nov 9, 2022 5:36 AM in response to SravanKrA

"please repost with a screenshot"

For an auditory response, it is kind of hard to do a screenshot (unless that is just a general thing you always put on every reply regardless of relevance). I phrased the command exactly like you did, was specific, and siri responded that she cannot search the internet. I did a search about this weird reply, and the pages came back with older Iphones with Siri requesting settings be changed instead of flat out saying siri cannot search the internet on Iphone

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