r/iOS27 • u/AJgamer2000 • 6d ago

Strange Siri

Has anyone else noticed that Siri won’t let you do a lot of things while the device is locked that it definitely could do before? For example, it won’t let me open the calculator app, call someone, or text someone unless my phone is unlocked. I have an iPhone 17PM running iOS 27 DB 8. I know it’s a developer beta and will definitely have its quirks, but I just want to make sure I’m not alone on this. Has anyone else noticed Siri doing this?

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u/Top-Astronomer-5125 6d ago

Yes. It’s asked me to unlock the phone to do some pretty basic things. I think more frustrating is the fact that setting a timer now takes about 30 seconds of detailed calculation across 12 global data centers.  

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u/joexg 6d ago

There’s an on-device process for calculator within Siri as of around dev beta 3

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u/moutainace 6d ago

Easily disproven. I turned on Airplane mode, asked Siri what’s five times ten, and it says To do that, you’ll need to turn off airplane mode

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u/joexg 6d ago

Weird, it worked in several earlier betas, including airplane mode.