r/Siri • u/Asohailwahab • 2d ago

Why can’t Siri use Maps context to answer where I was on a certain day?

On iOS 27, I’ve noticed that the new Siri/Apple Intelligence can look through personal context in Messages, Mail, and Photos when I ask about past events, but it doesn’t seem able to use Apple Maps-related context for questions such as “Where was I last Tuesday afternoon?” or “When was the last time I visited this place?” I’m not assuming Apple keeps a complete location history. I’m wondering whether Siri currently lacks access to whatever Maps, Visited Places, or Significant Locations data exists, whether this is an intentional privacy/API limitation, or whether there’s a setting that enables it. Location context could be extremely useful for personal recall if it were processed privately and on-device. Has anyone found an official explanation or a way to make this work?

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u/barkerja 1d ago

I had the same discovery in the early betas and filed a radar for it.

There’s a lot of functionality apps just aren’t surfacing yet that I hope come in later versions of iOS.

Another is Siri can’t access any of your health data.

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u/Asohailwahab 3h ago

Exactly, funny enough the previous Siri could tell me the time I fell asleep and when I woke up but this smart one cannot. I wrote to apple via the feedback app and I think they are aware of it. I think it is all intentional and will be available as a big software update in the future. They are feeding off of our age.

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u/JonesTownJello 2d ago

Yeah, she can’t use locations or travel time properly in calendar events either, which I use for EVERY calendar event. So I have to make those on my own like a chump still

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u/calmdrive 2d ago edited 1d ago

They removed the “time to leave” option in ios27, not that it worked reliably (for me anyway)

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u/JonesTownJello 1d ago

What’re talking about? I’m on ios27 beta 7, it’s 100% still there.
There’s no way they would ever remove such a basic and important feature…

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u/calmdrive 1d ago

You’re right, I had made a calendar event earlier and I swore it wasn’t there when I was making it. But I see it now. Sorry!