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I've been noticing for quite some time that sometimes when I use "Hey Siri" to create a new reminder for later today, she ends up updating an existing reminder that I have instead. I can't seem to reproduce it now, but after asking her to create a new reminder she'll say "OK, I updated the reminder" (rather than "OK, I'll remind you"), and I see she's updated an existing reminder. Has anyone else seen this happen?
iPhone 5s, iOS 9.1
UPDATE: Well, we're right back where we started. Siri has started acting stupid again about scheduling reminders. When I tell Siri to create a new reminder, for, say 10 o'clock this morning, she just says "OK, I updated the reminder" and reschedules an existing reminder to that date. It really had gone away for a week or so, but now the foible is back with a stubborn vengeance.
Insane. Our discussion here reminds me of something that took place on the Apple forum beginning in the fall of 2013 about an incredibly frustrating bug that emerged with the introduction of iOS 7.0 that drove the people like me who first noticed it crazy. We couldn't figure out several things about the problem: (1) if it affected only a certain segment of the population running iOS 7 and if so if it was dependent on some slightly different version of their hardware or maybe some obscure software flag that users had no access to; (2) why Apple wasn't addressing the glaring problem; (3) why there weren't more people noticing it and journalists writing about it. Eventually the thread grew to 1,022 replies (I wouldn't be surprised if it's one of the largest on the forum) and is still ongoing. The issue never got acknowledged by Apple and was never addressed, and still lives on for some people on some devices in all subsequent versions of the OS.
I don't think that fate could befall this issue, as it seems fairly simple and isolated to one particular and limited function, so I can't imagine it would be that difficult to fix. I think it just needs to be brought to the attention of some Apple managers, though back in 2013 we couldn't got any relief even after dozens and possibly hundreds of us sent explanations of the problem we were having using the /feedback form Apple offers. I don't know what you have to do to get them to genuinely pay attention to even an obvious and egregious bug like this. (The other one from 2013 was way worse.)
I am convinced this will eventually get fixed, but I would not make any bets as to when.
I'm running iOS 9.3.1 on my iPhone 6 and the problem persists 😟
Also, there seems to be an older thread with the same problem.
Siri keeps updating old reminders, not creating new ones.
Hoping to avoid a split of people having this issue and Apple ignoring it cause of that.
I'm running iOS 9.3.1 on an iPhone 6 and this problem continues to annoy me (particularly dangerous while I'm driving 😠).
I'm getting the same for Siri not creating a new reminder. Doesn't matter if I say 'Create a new...' Set a new...' Hey Siri, Can you....' The only thing I can do to make it work is is say 'Remind me Siri at (time) to call (whoever)' It seems to step out of the grump she's in and creates a reminder that way. Called Apple..they said 'no ones reported any issues' Oh really...check out your forum, Apple said back up and restore should fix issue. Yep. Sure it will, I have a new 6. Good luck everyone and may Siri be with you.
This started happening to me just yesterday. It's really devastating for me, as I only use it during my commute, when all the overwhelming lists of things I have to do suddenly pop into my head. Reminders were a way to keep them all written down, hands-free, the second they pop into my head, so I don't forget them. I have already thought of and lost about 20 reminders because I wasn't able to get Siri to function properly.
Now I can't do that any more, which makes the reminders all but useless to me. While I am driving I can't weed through my notifications to clear them; I need to add new notifications whether there is a backlog or not.
This hands-free functionality of my phone is the most crucial aspect for me. I am pretty disappointed.
Yeah, it's pretty astonishing that with all the iOS updates the programmers there still haven't caught this. It's an astonishing bug for a company that prides itself on the tightness of their software.
I think I've gotten it to work by specifying the actual reminder in the same statement that I specify the time: "Hey Siri, create a new reminder for 8 pm tonight to do this and that." That seems to always work. I think.
mauricio.morales answered this on another post: Siri keeps updating old reminders, not creating new ones. This issue seems to happen when there are Reminders waiting to be acknowledged on your Home screen. Once those are gone, Siri seems to understand you're trying to create a new Reminder rather than updating an existing one. At least that's what worked for me. I didn't have this issue prior to iOS 10.
So, no word from Apple? Just ignore the problem?
I've just found this thread and I'm on iOS 10 - the answer, my friends, would appear to be that if you have a reminder which is overdue, Siri updates it. If you mark it as completed he/she will start a new reminder.
I have tried everything... latest iOS, rebooted.. killed all background apps... nothing works!!! someone help!
I doubt its that. I always have a ton of reminders that are overdue and this issue wasnt happening before.
I have this problem too. It's so frustrating when you're trying to quickly remember something
A workaround is to tell Siri what you want to be reminded of at the same time you ask her to crate a new reminder.
Huh. That's at least somewhat helpful. Thank you for the work around.
Siri sometimes updates old reminders instead of creating new
