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Correct, it's not faster. Now it's slower to the point you aren't sure if it's ever going to work, then it comes back with some error.

Sure, it stopped being quite a stupid as before but it's not the nirvana they were promising, checks notes, 3+ years ago.

So it doesn't have the same issues as old Siri, just new issues.

by edot3 hours ago|

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Yes, it’s insanely slow now. So bad, I unenrolled from the beta. I mostly use Siri for reminders and alarms and somehow it was spending upwards of 5 seconds on the new Siri AI to do these tasks. Unusable.

by joshstrange3 hours ago|

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> I mostly use Siri for reminders and alarms

Ahh yes, the only 2 things I can trust it for. The same tasks that now take longer and fail more often. I guess it understands me a little better but it's been rough. Also I see they left in the fun bugs of:

Me: "Siri, set a reminder for 1pm for XYZ"

Siri: ....

iPhone: No indication of anything done or Siri still waiting, looks like it just gave up

Me: "Siri, set a reminder for 1pm for XYZ"

Siri: ....

Siri: "Ok, I've set your reminder"

_1 pm rolls around_

2 reminders fire...

by geuis9 hours ago|

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so responses like "I've turned on the lights", but you're still standing in the dark. That's my anecdotal level of interactions with any Gemini model.

by Cub31 hours ago|

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I use Siri to control my smarthome and it's still a horrible experience so yes, the joke still works

by longtimelistnr9 hours ago|

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It's still unbelievably limited and lackluster

by wilg27 minutes ago|

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Yes: with Siri AI when I say "Siri, good evening" it says "Good evening!" instead of setting my "Good Evening" Apple Home scene which is what it previously did. (This is a suggested scene name in Apple Home.)

by buzzerbetrayed9 hours ago|

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Gemini backed Siri sucks too though. The frequency in which it just.. does nothing, is crazy. Joke still works.

by macintux9 hours ago|

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Yep, I really wish I could revert to previous-Siri on my iPhone 15 Pro. Old Siri was reasonably predictable and faster. New Siri is slower, more ambitious, and fails more often.

by deinonychus4 hours ago|

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you can. i just did it on my 17 pro and my watch. i get instant timers again. it's unreal we lost this technology.

go to settings > siri > and turn off siri entirely. it doesn't break anything. then turn it back on, and they give you the option for siri AI or old dumb siri.

enjoy :)

by macintux4 hours ago|

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Thank you very much. Whew.

by karussell7 hours ago|

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I wonder if they use Gemini how can the promise "Private for all" be fulfilled? Local model like gemma4?

by avree4 hours ago|

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Because they don't "use Gemini".

"These new capabilities are powered by the next generation of Apple Foundation Models, custom-built in collaboration with Google and its Gemini models for deeply integrated Apple Intelligence experiences. "

by darkstar9999 hours ago|

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Gemini can be pretty bad on my Pixel phone and Nest speakers.