Strive it your self. Inform Siri that you just need to set an occasion for the thirty first of any month.
In iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1, Siri can not create or learn again calendar occasions set on the thirty first of a given month, inflicting issues for accessibility.
A wierd bug in iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1 is inflicting complications for individuals who depend on Siri to set appointments within the Calendar app, comparable to an individual with a imaginative and prescient incapacity, in addition to for individuals who merely favor to set appointments by voice. The bug didn’t seem in earlier variations of iOS and iPadOS 16.
A radio host in Victoria BC who was conducting his stay call-in present, Tech Discuss, obtained a caller named Gail, who’s blind. She reported that when she makes use of Siri to set an occasion for the thirty first day of any month that has 31 days, Siri mechanically reverts the occasion to the thirtieth, and can’t be corrected by voice.
The host, Alan Perry of CFAX 1070 radio, then tried varied workarounds, comparable to together with the day of the week in trying to create an occasion on the thirty first, with no success.
After all, sighted folks can simply permit Siri to set the occasion on a fallacious day and proper it later manually, however for folks with imaginative and prescient disabilities, that is inconvenient. Although, they will use VoiceOver or different assistive applied sciences to make corrections to the calendar as a substitute.
Siri strikes the date to the thirtieth, and might’t learn current occasions on the thirty first.
As soon as the present was over, Perry referred to as Apple Assist to report the issue. The Apple consultant examined the issue himself on different tools and confirmed that it was a problem with each iOS and iPadOS, and unique to 16.4.1.
“The man from Apple Assist was fairly impressed that we discovered that vital a bug,” mentioned Perry. “He initially thought it was operator error, however once I replicated it on each my iPhone and iPad, attempting completely different months and even completely different years, after which requested Siri what was on my calendar for Might 31 and he or she insisted on telling me Might 30, he realized we have been onto one thing, and escalated it and obtained a number of colleagues on a gaggle chat with him.”
“It is merely annoying for us, however for the woman who’s blind and attempting so as to add essential medical appointments, it is actually important,” added Perry.
Even when requested to learn again occasions which might be entered on the thirty first, Siri will as a substitute recite occasions which might be listed on the thirtieth.
AppleInsider has additionally examined the function and confirmed the problem on each iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1, however it doesn’t seem to have an effect on any model of macOS. The bug seems to be resolved within the newest beta of iOS 16.5.
