Siri on HomePod activates anytime a Farxiga commercial is on the television

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Siri on HomePod activates anytime a Farxiga commercial is on the television

It took a few days before I realized what was going on but anytime a Farxiga (drug) commercial plays on the television, Siri on my living room HomePod responds to it. It replies with something like, "I don't know, but if you ask again from your iPhone I can give you more information".

So much for privacy APPLE!

It only happens with that one commercial.

There are no words in the commercial that sound anything like Siri or Hey Siri, so there is some other trigger.

Also, if a friend says Hey Siri to the same HomePod, it doesn't recognize his voice and won't execute the request.

I'm convinced despite Apples claim to privacy commitments, there's some sort of kick back going on here.

I want to turn it off, but don't know where to do it.

Anyone else have this occureance? How do I fix this?

HomePod mini, 18

Posted on Feb 10, 2025 9:10 PM

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jimkk

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Mar 18, 2025 6:38 PM in response to phxpaul10

I’ve had same issue and also with other brands of weight loss commercials.

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Vancouver22

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Mar 20, 2025 8:25 PM in response to phxpaul10

You can always ask Siri to “stop listening” to disable hey siri, but then of course you can’t use “hey Siri”. As to that commercial, I have a tv left on the American news channel all day long that has all these pharmaceutical commercials, including that one and it hasn’t happened to mine. Not to say that the tv never summons Siri, it does. Our privacy went out the window a long time ago. The only way to not have anything you do or say in your home put at risk is to have no smart devices or wifi.

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