Tuesday, June 14, 2016

How to Get Siri to Stop Interrupting You



It's like the Interrupting Cow joke that delights school-age kids everywhere; you activate Siri and start speaking your request, only to be interrupted by, "Here's what I found on the web." At which point you probably say something like "If you'd just let me #$@%ing finish, Siri, you'd know I'm trying to call my wife, not do a web search!" 
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How to Get Siri to Stop Interrupting You

It's like the Interrupting Cow joke that delights school-age kids everywhere; you activate Siri and start speaking your request, only to be interrupted by, "Here's what I found on the web." At which point you probably say something like "If you'd just let me #$@%ing finish, Siri, you'd know I'm trying to call my wife, not do a web search!" 

I can't help you with your anger issues, but I do have a very simple solution to your problems with Interrupting Siri. Here's how to get Siri to stop interrupting you. 

Related: How to Use Siri to Search Photos by Time or Location

Once the Home button is released, Siri sees that as a cue to reply.

  • Instead of releasing the Home button once you've activated Siri, continue holding while you speak.

 

 

 

It's that simple. Now aren't you sorry you yelled at Siri when she was just trying to help?

 

Top image Credit: pio3/Shutterstock

 





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