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		tomjen3 on July 11, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Toyota ad hijacks Siri to switch off iPhones while... Actually couldn't you just tell siri to turn airplane mode off? Also a good argument for not using a radio in a car, but that is mostly my own personal bias.

vbezhenar on July 11, 2015 [–]

> Actually couldn't you just tell siri to turn airplane mode off?

Siri is a network service, it can't work locally.

coldtea on July 11, 2015 | [–]

For such simple commands, it could very well be made to.

In fact, IIRC, it had an offline mode back in the day before Apple bought them.

stavros on July 11, 2015 | | [–]

It still has an offline mode that can only make calls.

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