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If I could make Siri consistently "Call Mom" without asking "Which Mom?" showing "Carla's Mom", "Erica's Mom", and "Mom" I'd be happy with Siri.

But I literally have a single contact named "Mom" that is also starred as a favorite.

Yet sometimes Siri calls my mom, and sometimes she asks me "Which Mom?" even though I always choose the same one.

Jerk.

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Google's Assistant isn't any better at this sort of inference. I have my wife's work and cell number and I get asked any time I use it which one though I'm reasonably sure I have never once caller her work number.

The Google Assistant happily asks me if I want to finish researching "Care Bears" because I once searched for them on Amazon using Firefox in Incognito Mode on a friend's computer but it can't seem to figure out that I always only ever call my wife on her cellphone.

Google Home is able to infer which "mom" you're referring to as demoed at their I/O 2017 presentation.

https://youtu.be/Y2VF8tmLFHw?t=33m32s

Uhuh... I tried to ask it for directions to Mom's tonight in the car and then for my mom's address by her full name and it failed on both attempts. It did however manage to find her Pinterest account.

Siri understands contact relationships if you fill out the "related names" in your contact cards.

Go to your own contact card, and then set a related name for mother to your Mom’s contact card. The next time you ask Siri to “Call Mom” it will do it.

It’s unnecessarily complicated, it should be able to infer which one, but there’s the workaround.

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