Getting Siri in my car
January 15, 2018 7:32 PM Subscribe
My car doesn’t have a Siri button. I want a Siri button in my car. Are there any Bluetooth, wireless Siri buttons out there I’m not seeing? (I’ve seen this thread.) I used to have a couple (Flic, CodaWheel or something), but they no longer work. Any other ideas for facilitating easy Siri access in my car? Hey Siri doesn’t work reliably, especially when music or podcasts are on. (iPhone X.)
This is not the cool answer you want, but it's what I've done in your shoes. Maybe a car with CarPlay built in can do this more smoothly, but I'm rocking a 2012 Ford Fiesta.
When my iPhone is connected via bluetooth, if I hold the button to trigger Siri (so the right side button on your X, or the home button on older iPhones), the phone will establish a bluetooth audio connection with the car (wait for the bloop sound) and then I can talk to Siri over the car speakers. It takes an awkward second for the car audio to pause and respond, but it's pretty reliable.
So that's the button part. Then I got a phone mount (this $11 one that slides into my CD slot -- I really like it) so that my phone is always in the same place, making it easy to reach the button. In practice, this works well enough. The annoying part is waiting a couple of seconds for the car to respond (maybe newer/nicer cars are better at this?) and make the hi-Siri-is-listening sound, but it pauses other audio so I can have an uninterrupted chat with Siri.
I wanted a Siri button on my steering wheel, but...well, I've survived six years this way and I'm not holding a grudge about it.
posted by katieinshoes at 8:34 PM on January 15, 2018
When my iPhone is connected via bluetooth, if I hold the button to trigger Siri (so the right side button on your X, or the home button on older iPhones), the phone will establish a bluetooth audio connection with the car (wait for the bloop sound) and then I can talk to Siri over the car speakers. It takes an awkward second for the car audio to pause and respond, but it's pretty reliable.
So that's the button part. Then I got a phone mount (this $11 one that slides into my CD slot -- I really like it) so that my phone is always in the same place, making it easy to reach the button. In practice, this works well enough. The annoying part is waiting a couple of seconds for the car to respond (maybe newer/nicer cars are better at this?) and make the hi-Siri-is-listening sound, but it pauses other audio so I can have an uninterrupted chat with Siri.
I wanted a Siri button on my steering wheel, but...well, I've survived six years this way and I'm not holding a grudge about it.
posted by katieinshoes at 8:34 PM on January 15, 2018
I have one of these things and it sounds like it's what you want. I mostly use it to skip forward through music playlists while driving, but holding down the central button for a couple seconds brings up Siri.
posted by wanderingmind at 11:34 AM on January 16, 2018
posted by wanderingmind at 11:34 AM on January 16, 2018
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Edit: Sorry, on preview, this is not a wireless solution.
posted by The Architect at 8:20 PM on January 15, 2018