Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, November 8, 2026, and this is show number 1122.
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Siri AI Update
I have a very quick Siri AI update. Ages ago I named my garage door “Sesame” in HomeKit, and I used to be able to say, “Open Sesame”, which I thought was quite clever. Somewhere along the line, HomeKit wouldn’t recognize that phrase, but it was able to understand “Open the Sesame”. Last week I complained that “Open the Sesame” was taking far longer than it used to. Well, Apple must have heard me because now, when I say it, it tries to find an app called Sesame. I tried, “Open the Sesame in HomeKit” which sucked the last bit of fun out of this. I finally gave up, and now I say, “Open the garage door”, and it works immediately. Sad trombone.
But I did figure out one thing in Siri AI that I’d forgotten to complain about. Since iOS 27.2, Siri AI won’t let me ask two questions separated by a few seconds or even minutes. I used to be able to correct a reminder right away, but now if I holler out “Hey S-lady!” she just doesn’t respond.
But here’s what I figured out. She’s not ignoring me; she’s actually still listening! That’s an important thing to know, for privacy reasons, right? I have asked for a reminder to be set, then my podcast starts playing, and I can just talk over it, and she’ll come back and answer me. I’m not sure that’s acting as designed, but it’s working for me.
Ok, enough about Siri, let’s get into a meatier topic.
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Security Bits — 8 November 2026
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