Re:John Giannandrea named to Apple’s executive team
by wuliwong on Thursday December 20, 2018 @01:59PM
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i use siri to turn off and on hue lights (sometimes) and sometimes to set reminders. I do feel that since I dont have Siri on an "always on" speaker, it becomes less useful. I dislike the idea of having an "always on" speaker, so I'm not sure what to do. :)
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Re:John Giannandrea named to Apple’s executive team
by saagarjha on Thursday December 20, 2018 @04:46PM
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If it makes you feel better, the “always on” recordings never leave your device. They’re not even that great at recognizing anything other than “this sounds like a ‘hey Siri’”.
Re:John Giannandrea named to Apple’s executive team
by SlowRobotAhead on Thursday December 20, 2018 @05:21PM
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For a fun experiment, yell RED FIRE TRUCK into your phone then immediately activate Siri manually.
With Hey Siri turned on, you will reliably get all three words. With it off, you will usually get Chuck or Truck, or sometimes FIRETRUCK depending on timing.
This seems to be for people who start talking before the Siri prompt is fully active like “Set <button> Timer for 5 minutes”.
But shows that Apple is typically pre-recording if not also pre-processing.
Re:John Giannandrea named to Apple’s executive team
by ryanwaggoner on Thursday December 20, 2018 @07:11PM
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I don’t get anything, just activates Siri normally.
Re:John Giannandrea named to Apple’s executive team
by SlowRobotAhead on Friday December 21, 2018 @12:40AM
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I’m on iphone8 and can get it to happen reliably. Weird.
Re:John Giannandrea named to Apple’s executive team
by giobox on Thursday December 20, 2018 @02:18PM
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How old is your iPhone? I don’t recall the first model to introduce it, but all iPhones now I believe have supported an “always on” hey Siri mode for a while, even if phone is in standby.