According to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman reported that Apple is making major improvements to Siri, plans to eliminate the current must use “Hey Siri” wake up voice assistant in the next few years.
In a recent issue of its “Power On” newsletter, Mark Gurman said that Apple is working on a way for Siri to understand and respond to commands using the single word “Siri” as a trigger word, without the user having to say “Hey, Siri.
This may seem like a small change, but it’s actually a big technical challenge that requires a lot of AI training and underlying engineering work. The complexity is that Siri has to be able to recognize the single word “Siri” in many different accents, and using two words “Hey, Siri” increases the likelihood that the system will correctly capture the signal. The change will bring Siri closer to Amazon’s voice assistant, which can be triggered simply by a command that begins with “Alexa.
Mark Gurman added that Apple is also working on deeper integration of Siri with third-party apps and services to provide better assistance. Improvements to Siri are expected to roll out in 2023 or 2024, meaning it could be announced as early as this summer at WWDC alongside iOS 17, an event expected to focus on Apple’s mixed reality headset.
