Washington: US tech giant Apple wants to change Siri’s trigger phrase from ‘Hey Siri’ to just ‘Siri’, a new report suggests. According to The Verge, the report in question was shared by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, and this change would mean that users would simply have to say “Siri” followed by a command to activate the smart assistant. Gurman noted that Apple has been working on this feature for the past few months and is expected to launch it next year or in 2024. However, for the functionality to work effectively, Apple will need to invest “a significant amount of AI training and underlying engineering work,” as the smart assistant will need to understand the wake word in multiple accents and dialects. The current two-word trigger phrase, “Hey Siri,” increases the chances that Siri will pick it up. It would also put Siri ahead of Google Assistant, which requires the phrases “Ok Google” or “Hey Google” to be activated, though users don’t have to repeat the wake word when saying back-to-back requests. Before it shut down its voice assistant last year, even Microsoft had switched from “Hey Cortana” to “Cortana” on smart speakers. The shorter activation phrase isn’t the only change expected from Siri. according to Gurman, Apple can also integrate Siri into third-party apps and services and increase its ability to understand and process user requests. According to The Verge, Apple recently made some small tweaks to the voice assistant, adding a new voice recorded by a member of the LGBTQ+ community and introducing a new Siri activation sound.

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