I have tried repeatedly to get the weather for Waikiki or Waikiki Beach and Siri keeps giving me the weather for Cape Town in South Africa. It hears Waikiki as it types it out but brings up irrelevant information. Is this a bug or a joke in the Apple office?
MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), iOS 11.2.5
Thinking on how technologies have changed how people have to think
made me reconsider what someone in grandparents era in 1940s USA
would have done with a 'rubbish-talking' Ms Siri.
Someone would've been sent to get a bar of soap: for a mouthwashing.
Doubt modern SIRI would take that suggested treatment without words. 😉
Thinking on how technologies have changed how people have to think
made me reconsider what someone in grandparents era in 1940s USA
would have done with a 'rubbish-talking' Ms Siri.
Someone would've been sent to get a bar of soap: for a mouthwashing.
Doubt modern SIRI would take that suggested treatment without words. 😉
RichHI wrote:
I am in Britain this week, is Siri affected by this?
Very likely. See "Change Siri's Voice or Language" here:
Use Siri on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
RichHI wrote:
Are you on Oahu, is it a proximity thing?
No. I am in California.
So is it due to some issue when you travel? I am in Britain this week, is Siri affected by this? Every time I give Siri another go, it fouls things up, I get frustrated and turn it off. If it did not understand my accent I could understand it but it shows exactly what I said and then gives me weather for 6,000 miles from Britain and 11,500 miles from Waikiki. What has South Africa got to do with Waikiki? Are you on Oahu, is it a proximity thing?
Well I tried it on iphone and then gives me the weather in Waikiki, Australia which is only 6,700 miles out. It seems when you travel outside the country with an iphone Siri pretends the USA does not exist. Think I will turn it off again.
Yes, I got it to work by saying Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America. I think Siri forgets about the USA when you travel overseas. Still a bit of a GImmick that does not work properly so I switched it off again. Love my MacBook Air, my Ipad Mini and my iPhone so I can forgive them one dud app which I do not really need. Thanks anyway.
When I ask Siri: "What's the weather in Waikiki?", she responds with the weather in Honolulu.
I am using MacOS High Sierra 10.13.3 in the U.S.
If that happened to me, I would try queries like: "What is the weather in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States?" If that fails, I would leave out the "Hawaii" part or the "United States" part.
Problems with Siri talking rubbish
