Siri for AirBnb Guests?

[Sami459]

Hi!

Looking for some help from anyone in this community that might have some experience with setting up a little bit of Home Automation for Guests.

I have a few Smart Devices (Thermostat, Lights, Robot Vacuum, Lock) that are very useful for my guests. They can control some of these either with the iPad, Remotes or Siri. Most guest seem to love these amenities, but I want to make sure I make it as simple and seamless for them. The best and easiest way to control this stuff is through Siri.

The problem is, Siri is finicky because she doesn't recognise a new person's voice. I can get around this by toggling off "Listen for 'Hey Siri' in iPad Settings and then toggling it back on, but then it goes back into Set Up "Hey Siri" mode, to set Siri up for a new voice. I'd rather my guests NOT have to do that.

Does anyone have a workaround? Is it possible to get Siri to respond to ANY voice?

Thanks in advance.

[Trang111]

just chiming in with a "how we do it" comment that does not specifically answer your question but does touch a few points of it:

We have tied together our automation through Alexa.

My wife has a moderate accent and is the iPhone user in our house. Early on we too noticed the issue with Siri recognizing her commands.

At the time were were testing Siri (i think it was iphone 4) i had purchased my 1st Alexa Echo device.

We noticed it had no issue understanding her commands.

Fast forward to today:

Our properties are Alexa enabled.

When you 1st enter the house you will see an Alexa Show with a personalized welcome, instructions on accessing the custom Roku channel containing how-to/troubleshooting videos and a list of Alexa commands they can use.

Tied to our Alexa solutions: 

1. Light switches
2. Lamps/Outlets
3. Air conditioner
4. TVs
5. Smart Speaker / Amazons (free) Music service
6. Door locks
7. Window Shades
8. Multiple Echo devices (can stream same source across all four)
9. Short-cut command to send us a message through Alexa