I couldn't agree more. We have amazon echo all throughout the house and we use her all the time for all sorts of tasks. And very successfully, I might add.
While I don't mean to bash Apple -- they do a lot of things right -- Siri is a disgrace. Sent from Kimber's iPhone The happy ending still beckons, and it is in the hope of grasping it that we go on.—Annie Proulx > On Mar 2, 2019, at 10:49 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have the same issue wit Reminders. How can you select which Reminders list > is the default? If I use SIRI to create a reminder it usually puts it in the > Alexa Shopping list and not the Reminders or Family list. > The other day I thought I was smart and I said "SIRI, create a reminder in > the family list", then I waited thinking SIRI would ask me what I want to be > reminded about. > Instead SIRI said "Created "Family List" in your reminders and when I opened > the app and checked it had put an item "Family List" in the Alexa Shopping > List. > It's so wonderful how smart SIRI is after 8 years. > As it was our anniversary a couple of days ago I was going to call our local > flower shop and get them to put something together for my wife. I couldn't > remember the name so I asked SIRI "Look for flower shops nearby". It started > listing flower sh ops in Terrace, a slightly larger town about 200 Km (125 > miles) away. I then unlocked my phone, got SIRI to listen and said "Hey > Google" since I have the Google Assistant app installed and I set up that > shortcut in Settings > SIRI and Search. This opened the Google Assistant app > and got it to listen right away. I asked the exact same thing, "Look for > flowershops nearby" and it came back instantly with "Larkspur Flowers". I > said "Call there" and since the Assistant can't totally place a call > instantly without approval like SIRI, the phone app popped up with the number > and after I tapped it the call was placed. > Later I asked SIRI to "Call Larkspur Flowers" and it came back with "I found > one option, Shelley's Mountain Flower on Larkspur Lane in Avon". When I asked > my Google Home speaker to "Call Larkspur Flowers" it said "Calling Larkspur > Flowers" and it then rang and the call was placed correctly. Ah, wouldn't it > be nice if SIRI was half as smart as the Google Assistant? > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Anthony Vece > Sent: Saturday, March 2, 2019 7:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: iphone not creating calendar events > > Harry; > Any calendars that you want events created on you need to select the calendar > insettings if there are calendars that are unselected then the events will > not be created in that calendar. Hope this helps God bless Anthony > > Sent from my Verizon iPhone 10R!!! > >> On Mar 2, 2019, at 9:31 AM, 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My default Calendar is Family (shared with my wife) but Siri creates events >> in my personal Calendar. Is there any way to get Siri to create events in my >> default Calendar (Family)? >> Thanks >> Harry >> >>> On 2 Mar 2019, at 14:16, Kimber Gardner <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Sarai, >>> >>> This is just a guess, but check and see which calendar is your >>> default calendar. The second tab along the bottom of the screen in >>> the calendar will allow you to see which of various calendars is >>> selected as yur default calendar. This is the calendar where events >>> will be created. If the calendar you are looking at when searching >>> for an event is different from the one where the event is created, >>> you won't see your event. >>> >>> This happened to me and it was a real pain to straighten it out. >>> >>> I hope this helps. >>> >>>> On 3/1/19, Sarai Bucciarelli <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi all: >>>> >>>> I am using Siri to schedule appointments. 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