If you are disabling hey Siri because of battery drain, that is 1 thing, but you don’t have to do it because you want HomePod to be the default. Siri knows when the HomePod is near by, so hey Siri is only active on 1 device when they are in the same room or on the same wifi. I read and article about this, and have also tested it.
> On Feb 22, 2018, at 8:22 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > > Hello All, > > Okay, I've had my HomePod for a few days now and I am totally addicted to > the following scenario: > > SETUP: > 1. > Have "Hay Siri" disabled on iPhone 8 Plus. > > 2. > Have "Hay Siri" enabled on HomePod. > > 3. > Have Apple Watch set to silent mode, providing hap tic feedback, only, on > incoming text messages. > > SCENARIO: > 1. > Sitting in office, working on various projects. > > 2. > Receive hap tic feedback on wrist, via Apple Watch, notifying me of a new > SMS or iMessage. > > 3. > Say, "Hay Siri, read message." > > 4. > Siri identifies the sender, and then reads the contents of the message, at > the conclusion of which she asks if I wish to reply." > > 5. > I reply, "Yes." > > 6. > She then asks me to dictate the reply, at the end of which she then reads > the reply back to me. > > 7. > She then asks, "Would you like to send it?" > > 8. > I answer, "Yes." > > 9., > The message is sent with virtually no disruption in my work flow. > > This is a beautiful scenario that plays out time-and-time again, throughout > my day. > > Now I know that one can enable "Hay Siri", in iOS resulting in the potential > for the same scenario but, to me, using HomePod makes far more sense as I > don't like the power drain of 'Hay Siri" on my iOS devices when I forget to > disable "Hay Siri" upon removing them from the A/C charger. > > HomePod, iPhone, and Apple Watch, an addicting scenario I can definitely > live with, (smile). > > Mark > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
