Siri work around?

[Travis W]

I was searching somewhere on how someone got Siri to work in their Honda by using the voice tag and setting up with "my number" to access siri that way. Now i cant find it anywhere and was going to try it out. Anyone else heard of this?

 

[webby]

Chalk this up as a nice little building block for in-car safety: Three Acura and Honda 2013 models will employ Apple’s Eyes Free technology so you can issue Siri commands to your iPhone without fumbling to pick up the handset. Instead, you use the car’s press-to-talk button on the steering wheel. The connection is via Bluetooth and the control is of your iPhone, not the car’s center stack controls. This brings to about 10 the automakers who have announced Eyes Free connectivity.

Eyes Free will be on the 2013 Acura RDX compact SUV, the Acura ILX (Acura’s upscale version of the Honda Civic), and the Honda Accord medium-large sedan

 

[JaydiemTRAN]

I wish we had a update for our 2012's! =(

 

[JoeJxnSi]

I was upset that Siri didn't work with my navi in my new Si. But I just keep my phone in my pocket and when I want to do something with Siri I just feel for the home button and hold it and Siri will still play through the bluetooth in the car to send/read texts over the radio or play a certain song without fumbling with my phone. It works, but I would love full Siri functionality.

 

[trustdestruction]

I was searching somewhere on how someone got Siri to work in their Honda by using the voice tag and setting up with "my number" to access siri that way. Now i cant find it anywhere and was going to try it out. Anyone else heard of this?

I'm not sure how that would work, since My Number is also what is displayed when using voicemail IIRC. Or does it say "voicemail"?

 

[hey_mikey]

If you have your phone connected and any Bluetooth audio commands like from Siri or from nav guidance are sent to the car, it shows up as "my number." It doesn't ring like a traditional call, but i guess since the bt recognizes the audio as originating from your phone, it shows "my number." That's my experience anyway. Never tried using the car's controls to actually activate Siri, but it works just fine through Bluetooth if you activate it from the phone itself.

 

[trustdestruction]

If you have your phone connected and any Bluetooth audio commands like from Siri or from nav guidance are sent to the car, it shows up as "my number." It doesn't ring like a traditional call, but i guess since the bt recognizes the audio as originating from your phone, it shows "my number." That's my experience anyway. Never tried using the car's controls to actually activate Siri, but it works just fine through Bluetooth if you activate it from the phone itself.

Does your Nav on iPhone send the direction audio to the handsfreelink without having to be listening to Bluetooth audio? I know i only get text message notifications if I am listening to Bluetooth audio. Otherwise my phone doesn't even make a sound

 

[hey_mikey]

Does your Nav on iPhone send the direction audio to the handsfreelink without having to be listening to Bluetooth audio? I know i only get text message notifications if I am listening to Bluetooth audio. Otherwise my phone doesn't even make a sound

Yea in my accord it does. I can listen to the radio or iPod or cd and it'll cut to Bluetooth if the nav has a command

 

[trustdestruction]

Yea in my accord it does. I can listen to the radio or iPod or cd and it'll cut to Bluetooth if the nav has a command

Hmm I need to try that out. Would use the actual Nav more if it does that. Usually I just look at the map on my phone and study it for a few seconds and figure out where to go. Sometimes it would be nice to not have to memorize the directions

 

[hey_mikey]

Hmm I need to try that out. Would use the actual Nav more if it does that. Usually I just look at the map on my phone and study it for a few seconds and figure out where to go. Sometimes it would be nice to not have to memorize the directions

It sounds counterintuitive, but if I remember correctly, the phone audio output has to be set to "iPhone" and not "handsfreelink." Otherwise only call audio comes through. When it's on "iPhone" it sends all nav audio notifications to Bluetooth. I'm not sure if it's because it automatically defaults to the audio streaming protocol once it connects (even if the radio isn't on bt audio), but that's how it works for me.

 

[trustdestruction]

It sounds counterintuitive, but if I remember correctly, the phone audio output has to be set to "iPhone" and not "handsfreelink." Otherwise only call audio comes through. When it's on "iPhone" it sends all nav audio notifications to Bluetooth. I'm not sure if it's because it automatically defaults to the audio streaming protocol once it connects (even if the radio isn't on bt audio), but that's how it works for me.

So changing my phone audio output device from handsfreelink to iphone should fix everything?

 

[hey_mikey]

So changing my phone audio output device from handsfreelink to iphone should fix everything?

I can't say that'll work for sure in the civic since I don't have mine anymore, but it works in my accord. Could've sworn it works the same way in the civic. And my wife's 2011 pilot too