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Since about 2 days ago, when I ask Siri to “Turn on X light”, it asks me for a confirmation - “Do you mean the X light in Y home?”
This never happened before and there has been no iOS update.
I have 2 ‘homes’ configured. I have turned off the location services and also Home Switching, however there has been no change.
Is anyone experiencing this now? How do I turn this confirmation off?
Apple TV HD, tvOS 16
I have 1 home but Siri on my iphone and Mac are asking "did you mean... in my home" for everything. Driving me nuts
I have 1 home but Siri on my iphone and Mac are asking "did you mean... in my home" for everything. Driving me nuts
As the OP, I wanted to update the post to say that as of about 2 or 3 weeks ago, the issue seems to have gone away.
I changed nothing - I have done no updates, no device changes, nothing - however Siri no longer is asking for confirmation.
Hello Lennys26,
In situations like this, the first thing we always recommend is to power cycle all the devices involved. While simple, this can refresh the operating systems, apps and connections.
If the issue continues, we would suggest reaching out to Apple Support here: Get Support
They will be in the best position to assist further.
Cheers.
This is happening to me, but only on my watch. My iphone is fine. I think it’s triggered by leaving my home, and the watch is getting stuck not knowing I’m back home. I can fix it temporary by restarting the watch.
Oddly, my wife’s watch doesn’t seem to be affected by this.
There’s a few related reports elsewhere.
https://teddit.net/r/HomeKit/comments/13rz568/homepod_asking_do_you_mean_item_in_home_suddenly/
https://teddit.net/r/HomeKit/comments/142vtca/do_you_mean_the_devicename_in_your_home/
Having same issue. Have a second house that uses homekit as well for lights but with no rooms or lights similarly named. Issue has been going on for two months when it worked perfectly fine for years. Any suggestions?
This issue happens on both iPhones and the iPad in the house, however not on the Homepod or the AppleTV.
Although there has not been any iOS updates, clearly something changed.
Same here, when I asked it to close or open the garage door it asked if I meant My Home.
I found that I had My Home and Our House available. Deleting Our House has solved the issue as Siri no longer has an option to ask which property I'm referring to.
I was on the hunt for this thread. I’m experiencing the exact same issue. Have reset everything and even including saying “in my home” to try and stop Siri asking “did you mean…”
Has anyone had any luck fixing this issue?
I have had it go away and then come back for no reason that I could figure out. Right now, on iOS 17.0.2 and Watch 10.0.1, using Siri to turn on or off Philip Hue lights or iDevice power plugs, my watch responds "Did you mean XYZ Light in your home?". If I reset the watch, it works fine. If I then leave my home (but not to my office where my "other home" is my office at work with two HomePods) it won't work correctly until I reset the watch. The phone never has the problem.
I have the same problem. It got worse and happens almost every time with the latest iOS/WatchOS updates (17.0.3 on iPhone 15, 10.0.1 on Series 8). I have three Homekit houses setup and If i ask Siri to “turn on the lava lamp” it replies “which home: x, y or z” when there is only a lava lamp in the one home. I then reply “x” the home that it is in and it says “can’t find the accessory in home x” or words to that effect. Sometimes it will locate the accessory but it pretty much always asks for the home or lately it says (if the accessory is unique) “you want me to turn the deck light on in home x?” when there is no alternative.
I’m hypothesizing that with the new watch doing Siri on-device they’ve made changes to the older watches Siri backend. Whatever the reason it is practically useless. It’s easier to get the phone out of my pocket and use that, which works with near 100% success.
My wife’s 12pro does this. I don’t have the issue with my watch or phone. Both of us are running the same iOS and watch os.
we only have one “home” set up.
and it’s just a single bulb.
“siri turn off the lamp”
it’s the only device in home, it’s labeled lamp.
her phone always asks did you mean lamp in x home?
mine just does it
Same here. Two homes, no rooms with the same name. Whenever I ask to turn off the lights in the kitchen it aks me "Did you mean the kitchen in [...] home?"
Happens on my m2 MacBook Air, iPhone 12 and Watch Ultra (2nd gen), all running the most recent OS.
I updated my watch & iPhone to 10.1 & 17.1 (not tvOS). My watch is working as expected to turn on/off lights open/close garage doors. THANK YOU APPLE!!! Fingers crossed that this continues to work. 🤞
I have not seen the issue after the last update. It seems to work at both homes very well. It will ask to confirm if I am not at a home location as expected. No device changes here either. I did reboot after the last update, just out of habit.
Only by deleting the second instance of my home.
By having just one it has fixed things for me.
Siri Asks for Confirmation of Home/Homekit Operations
