Make Siri Less Chatty

Siri can be a bit loquacious at times, and this is especially true when listening to music. While Apple has done a good job of making sure Siri doesn’t interrupt when simply turning the volume up or down, other commands such as “loving” a song or adding it to a playlist invade the listening experience.

It would be nice for Apple to provide a “terse” mode for Siri where responses are more brief for users who don’t need detailed feedback. For example, when I ask Siri to add the currently playing song to a playlist, something like “Okay, done” or even just a non-verbal tone, is far preferable to interrupting the song I’m listening to with “Okay, I’ve added My Heart is Yours Featuring Kristian Stanfill, Radio Version by Passion to your playlist named Praise and Worship.” By the time Siri is finished a mouthful like that, the song may actually be over.