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Re:Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests e... by skrause on Thursday October 17, 2019 @10:30AM (#21282439)
> I have voice-activated assistant on my droid turned off, meanwhile Siri is active on all iDevices

This is not true, voice-activated Siri is a setting as well and turned off on my iPhone.

Re:Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests e... by willyt on Thursday October 17, 2019 @12:54PM (#21283963)
Also, 'Hey Siri' is supposedly processed locally on the phone using the Neural Engine part of Apples custom ARM chip so it should only upload voice data after you have said 'Hey Siri' or held down the home button to activate it. You can test this if you put the phone in airplane mode or go somewhere with no reception and say 'hey siri', it still recognises that you want to ask it something but just presents a message saying 'internet not available'
Re:Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests e... by mav3rick on Thursday October 17, 2019 @01:58PM (#21284668)
This is true on Pixel as well. It would be too slow otherwise.