do you guys believe the 6 and 6 plus will also get the Hey Siri feature that will always be in stand by as the new 6s? Is this part of ios9 or will be phone specific?
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It's only takes a couple of line of code to enable it so it's a iOS feature... But Apple makes it a 6s feature, just like the live wallpapers.
They need to sell their S line.
They need to sell their S line.
I think its an great feature if you iPhone is on its dock on your desk and you say "hey Siri". As long as I have the ability to activate/deactivate "Hey Siri", then I don't see any issue.
That's probably not actually true. But either way, unless the 6s has a dedicated chip for listening, it would be too much of a battery strain. Hence why it's not on the 6. Not everything is just a couple lines of code.
If the new iPhone has a dedicated chip for it, battery life used is miniscule. My Samsung note 3 has a dedicated chip for always listening and I have that option on and battery life is normal.
If this is the big new feature, it is going to be fun saying "hey siri" in public and watching everyone's iPhone 6s in the surrounding area respond hahaha
I think that's being a little paranoid. Do you hold top secret conversations frequently?
I hope not. For some reason, she always hears "Hey, Siri!" when I join conference calls and say, "Hey, this is Jodie," and starts talkin' at me. I have it enabled for the rare occasions that I need to use it; just have to remember to disconnect my phone from the charger before conf calls now (or disable it entirely if it becomes an always-on feature going forward).
No, but I still don't want it listening to everything that goes on. In order to know when I say "hey siri," it must be processing everything on some level with Apple's servers.
It wouldn't have to, if all it's listening for is "Hey Siri." Processing searches, sure, but there's no reason it would need a constant internet connection... that'd be a lot of data upload.
It could use voice dictation with a built in script set for the two word phrase. Hearing that locally it would trigger the remote Siri feed to then use Apple servers to process your voice. Guessing.
I just tested this; I turned on Airplane Mode on my iPad, plugged it in and said "hey Siri". The screen changed to Siri mode but it notified me "Siri not available. Connect to the Internet".
So, dictation is listening for the command which is built in to the OS. Seems logical.
Yup, and probably for the exact reasons given in this thread: no one would want everything they say being sent to Apple, nor would they want the data usage that would bring. Additionally, Apple probably doesn't want their servers processing everything said by anyone with an iPhone every second of every day.