Apple Releases New HomePod 16 Software

That scary time yet again….

Me. It can't possibly get any worse.

You must be new to siri

Who is the brave soul that is going to update and report back?

My one hope for this update is that Siri no longer gives me a long winded, overly cheery response every time I ask her do something as basic as turning on/off a light in another room. I still cannot believe it works like that and that there's no way to turn off those unnecessarily long and loud responses.

Updated.. I said hey siri add milk to my shopping list and I was welcomed with a “who’s speaking”. Welcome HomePod OS 16..

Last night: “hey Siri, set an alarm for 7:30am” she responds “ok, your alarm for 7:30am is set.”

I wake up around 7:15 this morning so I say “hey Siri, cancel my alarm.” she responds “there are no timers set.” I ask again, “turn off my alarm” and again she says “there are no timers set.” So I ask “what alarms are enabled?” and for a third time she responds “there are no timers.” So I get in the shower.

10 minutes later the 7:30 alarm starts bonging. Apple is a joke of a software company these days.

I wished, they'd at least add different alarm sounds or the possibility to play a tune-in station as an alarm. I mean, it can play those stations if you ask for them but you need an apple music subscription to add it as an alarm? That's super-frustrating, imho

And please, fix those annoying "this is taking longer than expected, etc... " responses for simple things like setting a timer. Is it done on device or isn't it?

Also, nobody needs elaborate voice replies for every little fart of a request.