Sooner or later within the final 24 hours, Siri on the HomePod and the HomePod mini appears to have forgotten relay the time. When asking Siri “what time is it?” Siri is unable to reply and directs customers to the iPhone.
“I discovered some internet outcomes, I can present them if you happen to ask once more out of your iPhone,” is Siri’s full response to the time query. In the event you ask what time it’s in a particular location, Siri is ready to reply, and Siri on iPhone, iPad, and Mac gives the time as regular when requested.
It is a bug that Apple will have the ability to repair server facet, so it’ll seemingly be addressed rapidly. Within the meantime, to get the time from Siri on the HomePod with out having to swap to an iPhone, embrace your location.
Siri has lengthy been ridiculed for failing to grasp requests and never offering the anticipated data, and small bugs like this are a bit embarrassing as Apple prepares for a significant AI replace.
For the final a number of months, Siri has additionally been combating HomeKit instructions, and there have been many complaints from good house customers. Asking Siri to “flip off the lights in the lounge,” for instance, typically ends in the lights being turned on or turned off in one other room completely. Hopefully a few of these points shall be solved with a Siri overhaul in iOS 18 and its sister updates.
Replace: Apple appears to have mounted the difficulty considerably. Asking “what time is it?” gives the time, however Siri remains to be not capable of give the time if you happen to ask “what is the time?” or “are you able to inform me the time?”
(Thanks, Ben!)
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