"Hey Siri" without plugged in power chord?

[lancastor]

On the Apple Watch i can say "Hey Siri" to activate Siri. On the iPhone I have to plug in a power chord to activate Siri per voice?

Do you think we can use this feature on iOS9 or newer devices?

 

[C DM]

Perhaps newer devices that would have hardware to support that without using up a lot of battery.

 

[MagicBoy]

Sure they could, but it's unlikely. The device would have to permanently have the mic enabled and be listening out 24x7 just in case. Battery life would be terrible.

Makes sense to enable it when on power as the device may well be in a car.

 

[Will22]

Sure they could, but it's unlikely. The device would have to permanently have the mic enabled and be listening out 24x7 just in case. Battery life would be terrible.

Makes sense to enable it when on power as the device may well be in a car.

It doesn't kill the battery on android. I use the Moto voice on my Moto X without it killing the battery.

 

[C DM]

It doesn't kill the battery on android. I use the Moto voice on my Moto X without it killing the battery.

Because it has dedicated hardware for it.

 

[MagicBoy]

Ticking a box in iOS can't match dedicated hardware for a specific purpose. Apple use dedicated hardware where it's useful - witness the M7/M8 motion co-processors.

 

[GreyOS]

i wouldn't mind and don't think it's impossible that they might add the option to enable it when the screen's on (probably disabled by default). however it would hurt battery a bit on current devices without dedication.

 

[braddick]

untetheredheysiri is available for jailbroken iDevices and does exactly what you are requesting without substantial battery deterioration.

 

[lancastor]

It's working on the Apple Watch. And the Watch has a very very very tiny battery.

 

[MagicBoy]

The Apple watch has a custom SiP.

 

[Intell]

If I remember correctly, it can be enabled on any iOS 8 device that supports it while plugged in simply by added a true boolean key to a preference file.

 

[lancastor]

To do this the device has to be jailbroken. So we can hope that Apple Watch hardware find it's way into the iPhone.

 

[Julien]

It's working on the Apple Watch. And the Watch has a very very very tiny battery.

The Watch face must be on for 'Hey Siri' to work.

I bet we see it in the iPhone 6S (or 7). Apple just needs a M type hardware chip added to the iPhone.

 

[chekz0414]

I think something similar to 'Raise to Speak' will be for Hey Siri eventually. I mean iPhone 6 Plus has more than enough battery for such a feature.

 

[joejoejoe]

It doesn't kill the battery on android. I use the Moto voice on my Moto X without it killing the battery.

the moto x has a dedicated low circuit processor for this.

that's why the moto x has it, and not all android phones.

future iphones may support it with dedicated hardware.

 

[mazdamiata210]

They can probably integrate it into the m7/8 processor the way they did recently with the 6's and the barometer

 

[0928001]

The Watch face must be on for 'Hey Siri' to work.

This. Surprised nobody had mentioned this until now. You have to raise your wrist to be able to use "Hey Siri".

I don't think a wireless "Hey Siri" is a useful enough feature to warrant them adding additional hardware to an already cramped space anytime soon.

Now that I say that, watch them do it with the 6s.