Hands free Siri - Did Apple really make this mistake?

So you want to make a phone call using Siri hands free in iOS8. You tell it who to call and it initiates the call, but guess what? The speakerphone is not activated. So much for hands free calling.

koco82 wrote:
This is just the reason thy I got to this forum. I wanted to make a suggestion:
It isn't really hands-free if I, after telling Siri to place a call, need to take the phone in my hand, or need to have headphones on while it is also connected to power supply.
It would be nice if Siri would understand a command like "Hey Siri! Call my girlfriend on speaker!".
So when the iPhone is connected to power supply and the "Hey Siri" function is enabled, the priority order (at least for outgoing calls) should automatically be speaker, bluetooth, headphones, phone (most hands-free to least hands-free).
The infrared sensor could be used to switch automatically from speaker to phone when the device is picked up and put to the ear.
Make the suggestion to Apple feedback
Cheers
Pete

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