Apple reportedly wants to swap the ‘Hey Siri’ trigger phrase for just ‘Siri’
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#65H8N)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple's looking to change Siri's trigger phrase from Hey Siri," to just Siri," according to a report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. This means you would just need to say Siri" followed by a command to activate the smart assistant.
As noted by Gurman, Apple's been working on this feature for the past several months and is expected to roll it out next year or in 2024. But Apple will have to put in a significant amount of AI training and underlying engineering work," to get the feature to function properly, as the smart assistant will need to understand the single wake word in multiple accents and dialects. The current, two-word trigger phrase, Hey Siri," increases the chance of Siri picking up on it.
Switching to a single wake word...