Hey Siri

According to a new report from 9to5Mac, the iMac Pro may feature an A10 Fusion chip which will run its own version of iOS, called "BridgeOS," to handle certain functions like always-on "Hey Siri." Developers Guilherme Rambo and Stephen Troughton-Smith have been exploring macOS and have found 'Hey Siri' functionality in the code base with...

In its Machine Learning Journal this month, Apple has shared some interesting details about what happens behind-the-scenes when you use the ‘Hey Siri’ feature on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Apple notes that the microphone on your iPhone and Apple Watch “turns your voice into a stream of instantaneous waveform samples, at a rate of 16000 per second”, before the...

Despite the inclusion of M9 chip, the 2017 fifth generation iPad seems to lack the always-on 'Hey Siri' feature. As pointed out by AppleInsider, Apple highlighted that A9 and M9 chip combination is what makes 'Hey Siri' possible on battery power in the iPhone 6s and iPhone SE, and yet, even with the same chip combination, the...

An unofficial 'Hey Siri' website accessible at Hey-Siri.io has put up a huge list of Siri commands for iOS or macOS (beta), neatly organized in categories in English and German languages (via 9to5Mac). There are nearly 500 Siri commands on the website with more than a thousand variations, broken down into 35 categories such as HomeKit, People...

Alongside third-party app integration, Apple will add other improvements to Siri with iOS 10 when it launches this fall. According to a reader tip sent to 9to5Mac, iOS 10 seems to finally solve the “Hey Siri” issue, which means not all, but only one of your devices will be listening. As noted by the tipster,...

Apple’s “Hey Siri” and Live Photos features have raised some questions about how the company will maintain user privacy. The “Hey Siri” features on the iPhone 6s no longer requires that your phone be plugged in to power to be activated. The always listening aspect has logically raised some questions about how the voice data...

iOS 9 GM was seeded right after Apple's highly anticipated media event, alongside the first beta of iOS 9.1. Since readers began to download the software, reports have surfaced that the GM seed includes a new feature that aims to improve Siri to better recognize your voice, as part of the always-on "Hey Siri" feature. To put...

As pointed out by 9to5Mac, iOS 8.3 seems to have improved the way users make phone calls hands-free via Siri, while also including new settings to download free apps without requiring a password each time. The new changes have been observed in iOS 8.3 beta 3 release, which was pushed to developers for testing on 12th of this...