Apple, please stop announcing people's emoji reactions in my AirPods
THE SO WHAT
Voice UX is hitting the ceiling of notification spam—reading out every emoji reaction is a reminder that assistants still lack real prioritization. If you're building ambient or assistant experiences, copy Apple's granularity controls, not its defaults.
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