eli5: How does siri hear me say “hey siri” if it isn’t constantly listening to my conversations or me speaking?
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Your phone has a small chip called DSP, wich is always translating your voice into data. It has a “special mode” where it uses almost no battery but can still understand the “Hey Siri” hotword and wake up the phone.
It’s like when your dog is sleeping next to you and you say something. It will listen, but won’t react unless you call your dog’s name.
Have you ever been in a meeting or talking to someone and you kinda just zone out. But the moment they say your name you perk up and pay attention? But a lot of time you don’t know what was said up to that point?
That’s kinda what Siri does.
Your phone/Siri is constantly listening. It’s just not recording anything you are saying, it’s just waiting for it’s activation prompt. That’s what people mean by “not listening” it’s present and hears everything you say it’s just not recording or processing it into data.
Your phone has a small chip called DSP, wich is always translating your voice into data. It has a “special mode” where it uses almost no battery but can still understand the “Hey Siri” hotword and wake up the phone.
It’s like when your dog is sleeping next to you and you say something. It will listen, but won’t react unless you call your dog’s name.
Have you ever been in a meeting or talking to someone and you kinda just zone out. But the moment they say your name you perk up and pay attention? But a lot of time you don’t know what was said up to that point?
That’s kinda what Siri does.
Your phone/Siri is constantly listening. It’s just not recording anything you are saying, it’s just waiting for it’s activation prompt. That’s what people mean by “not listening” it’s present and hears everything you say it’s just not recording or processing it into data.
Have you ever been in a meeting or talking to someone and you kinda just zone out. But the moment they say your name you perk up and pay attention? But a lot of time you don’t know what was said up to that point?
That’s kinda what Siri does.
Your phone/Siri is constantly listening. It’s just not recording anything you are saying, it’s just waiting for it’s activation prompt. That’s what people mean by “not listening” it’s present and hears everything you say it’s just not recording or processing it into data.
Lets try a more ELI5 attempt.
Imagine you are sleeping and the only thing that can wake you up is your alarm clock. There might be people in the same room talking. You hear them but you don’t wake up and your brain does not register what they are saying.
Then, suddenly your alarm rings. You wake up and now, despite the fact the other people talk just like they did before you can hear them and know what they are talking about.
Siri works on a similar principle. It has 2 cores: a small specialised one that acts like an alarm clock and a more complex one that can actually “understand” you. The alarm clock doesn’t understand anything except “hey siri” at which point it rings the alarm and wakes up the complex core.
Lets try a more ELI5 attempt.
Imagine you are sleeping and the only thing that can wake you up is your alarm clock. There might be people in the same room talking. You hear them but you don’t wake up and your brain does not register what they are saying.
Then, suddenly your alarm rings. You wake up and now, despite the fact the other people talk just like they did before you can hear them and know what they are talking about.
Siri works on a similar principle. It has 2 cores: a small specialised one that acts like an alarm clock and a more complex one that can actually “understand” you. The alarm clock doesn’t understand anything except “hey siri” at which point it rings the alarm and wakes up the complex core.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeanbaptiste/2019/07/30/confirmed-apple-caught-in-siri-privacy-scandal-let-contractors-listen-to-private-voice-recordings/?sh=28db06547314
OP, not only is it always listens, the recordings of your conversations or actions are then forwarded to real humans who also will listsn.
You ever wonder why you start seeing ads in your social media for things you talked about in a prior conversation?
Of course your phone is always listening
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeanbaptiste/2019/07/30/confirmed-apple-caught-in-siri-privacy-scandal-let-contractors-listen-to-private-voice-recordings/?sh=28db06547314
OP, not only is it always listens, the recordings of your conversations or actions are then forwarded to real humans who also will listsn.
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