Why Apple is changing the ‘Hey Siri’ trigger to just ‘Siri’?

Apple announced plans to change the wake phrase used to activate the voice assistant from “Hey Siri” to just “Siri” at this year’s developers conference.

Apple is replacing “Hey Siri” with the simple phrase “Siri.” The modification, which is a feature of iOS 17, will make it simpler to call Siri on iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other devices. It comes in response to a Bloomberg story from November that claimed Apple was working on simplifying Siri’s wake phrase.

Since the underlying technical and training work is simpler versus a two-word trigger phrase, Apple has been utilizing “Hey Siri” up to this point. Even though it may appear straightforward, switching to a single wake phrase is a substantial change.

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Even Microsoft allowed simply “Cortana” as a wake word before discontinuing its voice assistant on iOS and Android in 2021. Amazon users can activate the Alexa assistant with “Hey Alexa” or just “Alexa,” and Alexa users can trigger the assistant using just “Alexa.”

Instead of using a single “Google” wake word, Google Assistant still supports the “Hey Google” or “OK Google” utterances. Google would have to carefully consider how to stop the assistant from triggering during talks when Google is mentioned if it were to switch to a single wake phrase. After all, Google has evolved into a transitive verb as a result of its dominance in search.

There will be one more tweak to Siri that will somewhat alter how you use it. Users may now ask Siri many inquiries without using the trigger word each time thanks to a recent update from Apple. Now, you just need to speak “Siri” once to activate the assistant and ask subsequent inquiries back-to-back.

With the most recent software update, all devices now support both of these new Siri features. Unfortunately, despite what many enthusiasts might have anticipated after seeing recent advances in AI like ChatGPT, Apple did not make any improvements to the way Siri reacts to customer inquiries.

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The WWDC developer conference began on June 5 and will run through June 9. During the event, the company is anticipated to reveal its first-ever mixed-reality headset, new Macs, and updates to iOS and macOS, among other things.

“Hey, Siri” is a phrase used to activate the voice-controlled personal assistant feature on Apple devices. Siri is an intelligent virtual assistant developed by Apple Inc. It is available on various Apple devices such as iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watches, and HomePods.