SiriAI is still so damned stupid I want to tear my hair out

Now equipped with an Apple Intelligence capable iPhone, I decided I would finally be able to use Maps turn-by-turn navigation in a safer manner, read, without ever tapping the display while driving (PSA: in many US states manipulating the screen with your fingers while driving is illegal).

So I’m on the freeway in pretty heavy traffic and decide to check for traffic jams up ahead. Fortunately, Maps in turn-by-turn mode offers a great little option to do just that: in the top right hand corner there is a little circular button that switches to overview mode showing you the entire trip lying ahead. Click that button again and it will take you from overview mode back to turn-by-turn mode. Real nice.

But now, in spite of the new sugar-coated gravy Apple Intelligence version of Siri, this airhead still cannot hit that darn button for you! No matter what you try to tell her, the dimwit reverts to giving you a lecture on something you’re not at all interested in rather than just doing what you told her to do and get out of the way. And this after all the Apple marketing campaigns and TV ads about SiriAI being so smart and aware of what you’re doing and being able to see your screen and act upon it. Steer manure! :face_with_symbols_on_mouth: Something as simple as switch to overview mode is apparently beyond this useless birdbrain. And so at 70 mph on a freeway in fairly dense traffic, Apple apparently thinks it’s a super peachy idea to take your eyes off the road and instead try to hit a tiny little button (no more than 0.076 sq inches in fact) while your car shakes and rattles across our beautiful CA potholes.

Please tell me there is some kind of secret handshake I’m not aware of that will finally get this simple task to complete successfully. :crossed_fingers: :crossed_fingers: :crossed_fingers: All the variations of Siri commands I can think of and all the Googling have so far led me to nothing. :man_facepalming:

The overview toggle is a Maps control, not a Siri command, and there isn’t a documented voice phrase that presses it for you. That’s a real gap between the marketing and what the assistant can actually touch on screen. One thing worth trying in the meantime: check whether your Maps version shows the overview button in the same spot, and glance at it only when traffic has slowed or you’re stopped. On a fast freeway those small on-screen controls are risky no matter who is tapping.

For a second there, I thought I was reading a pitch for a new show on E! . So much drama!

;-)

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You’re right, Siri isn’t going to “tap this button for me.” Instead, try asking a question: “How is traffic ahead on my route?”

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I believe even the last version of Siri handled this question.