Siri: Can’t Ask Distance Questions While Directions Are Going

Originator:SlaunchaMan
Number:rdar://19811850 Date Originated:2/12/2015
Status:Duplicate/11939180/Open Resolved:
Product:iOS Product Version:8.1.3 (12B466)
Classification:UI/Usability Reproducible:I Didn’t Try
 
Summary:
Let’s say you’re driving and listening to a podcast. You have driving directions active on your current trip. The podcast host starts talking about a trip from city A to city B, and you want to know how long that is. You ask Siri. Now you’re getting *directions* from city A to city B, overwriting your current trip.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start directions on your iPhone and start traveling along the route.
2. Activate Siri and ask, “How long is the drive from Albuquerque to Portland?”

Expected Results:
Siri will tell you about how long that drive would be, and your directions will still be going.

Actual Results:
The Maps app opens with directions from Albuquerque to Portland, and your current route is gone into the ether.

Version:
iOS 8.1.3 (12B466)

Configuration:
iPhone 6 Plus AT&T 64GB (MGAU2LL/A)

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