At first, it seemed easy to say “Hey Siri” to activate Siri’s virtual assistant. Manzana, but over time other assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa emerged, which showed that only one word is enough to use it. For that and other reasons to change the experience, the company with the bitten apple prepares to improve Siri.
According to a report published on the website of computer today, Apple has been working on a change for its virtual assistant for months, specifically in the way Siri is activated.
Instead of “Hey Siri or “Hey Siri” (in English), those in Cupertino they want it to only be necessary to say “Siri”. It seems like a simple change, but it takes time to materialize according to the company’s developers.
“Siri” is already tested
According to renowned Apple insider Mark Gurman, the company is already testing with its employees the new method to activate Siri. reported it in his blog on Bloomberg.
While it seems like a simple change to remove just one word for voice command, it’s a challenge for Apple engineers because “Hey Siri” or “Hey Siri” sounds completely different phonetically than just “Siri,” so that they must train their artificial intelligence (AI) from scratch.
To prepare your AI, those with the bitten apple they must collect thousands of samples with Siri pronunciation in hundreds of accents, languages, and dialects from around the world to make it work perfectlyespecially since the virtual assistant has many critics.
Also, according to Gurman, Apple is working to improve the integration of Siri in third-party applications, a long-standing request from users.
Although Apple wants to make the change in 2023 taking advantage of the boom in new iPhone 14 smartphones, it is not ruled out that it will be delayed until 2024, according to Mark Gurman.