[sporedro]

Does siri/homepod not just directly connect to your iPhones calander/notes/reminders?

I honestly ask this because I never tried though… I use my homepod as a glorified timer, alarm clock, and speaker. I’m just sitting here in the apple ecosystem hoping one day things will actually feel connected.

[oidar]

It doesn't "directly" connect - it changes things on iCloud - it just doesn't work well. It takes more than a few seconds for it to add things to reminders. It has to verify your voice to add things to reminders - god forbid if you are sharing a shopping list with another person in your household. That nearly doubles the time it takes to add something to a shopping list. With Alexa, adding things to a shopping list is instant, it doesn't verify if you are authorized to add things to the shopping list, Alexa just adds them.