Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

According to news in the morning of November 8, Beijing time, Apple is planning to simplify the wake-up keyword of Siri voice assistant from "Hey Siri" to "Siri". Apple is training Siri, and the new wake-up keywords will be applied to Siri voice assistants in all Apple hardware products, including iPhone, iPad, HomePod and Apple Watch. Apple will make this adjustment as early as 2024.

Although it does not seem complicated, experts say it could herald broader changes that may require more comprehensive training in artificial intelligence. Lian Jye Su, research director of research firm ABI Research, said that using two keywords to wake up allows the system to identify requests more accurately, while using only one word means that artificial intelligence systems need to be more advanced.

"in the recognition process, the system needs to compare voice commands with user-trained models," he said. 'Siri' is shorter than' Hey Siri', and the system may have a higher error rate in a noisy, large room and echo environment. "

Currently, Amazon's Alexa voice assistant doesn't need additional wake-up keywords. Microsoft also changed the wake-up keyword of Cortana Voice Assistant from "Hey Cortana" to "Cortana" in 2018. However, the wake-up keyword of Google Voice Assistant is still "OK Google" on most Google hardware products.

At the same time, Apple, Amazon and Google are working together on Matter automation standards to promote the interconnection of automation technologies and Internet of things devices between different manufacturers. With this in mind, "increasing investment and optimizing the functionality of the Siri may be Apple's top priority right now," said James Sanders, chief analyst at CCS Insight, a market research firm.

In February 2010, Siri was released as a stand-alone app in Apple's App Store app store. Two months later, Siri was acquired by Apple. Apple then integrated Siri into the iPhone 4S, which was released the following year, and introduced Siri's "Hey Siri" voice wake-up feature without clicking any button in 2014.

Over the years, Siri has become smarter and smarter, mainly because Siri integrates more third-party services, such as ride-hailing and payment services. Siri also allows users to ask continuous questions and identify more languages and dialects. However, there are still problems with Siri that it cannot accurately understand the user's intentions and cannot respond correctly.

"while the Hey Siri' adjustment requires a lot of preparatory work, it would be surprising if Apple only made this adjustment to the Siri," Sanders said. "this adjustment is expected to be bundled with other new features or optimizations of the Siri, perhaps accompanied by the release of new HomePod speakers and integration with other smart home products through the Matter standard."

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