The “Hey Siri” command is becoming a thing of the past: An update is on the way!

It has been announced that Apple’s legendary “Hey Siri” command will no longer be used. The renewed Siri will have a simpler structure.

Apple’s personal voice assistant Siri has been actively used for years. The “Hey Siri” command that users use to start the assistant will become a thing of the past with the update to be published soon. The remarkable decision about the legendary command will make the structure simpler.

The “Hey Siri” era is ending!

According to Mark Gurman’s statements, Apple is preparing to make some innovations related to its voice assistant. As part of these preparations, Siri’s functionality will be increased so that it is triggered directly when addressed by its name. Thus, instead of the phrase “Hey Siri” to reach Siri, it will be sufficient to say ‘Siri‘.

Siri has been serving Apple users for years since the introduction of iOS 5. It is actively used in all of the iOS, MacOS, watchOS, and tvOS operating systems. Apple, which has been modernizing its virtual assistant used in its devices for years, is working on new features for Siri to be much more useful.

In Gurman’s statement, there are many details about the new version. Among these details, it is also stated that with the removal of the command, the new version will work more compatibly with third-party applications compared to the version currently in use. Unfortunately, we do not currently know when we will be able to benefit from the innovations, but it is one of the predictions that it will be introduced with iOS 17.

After the announcement, it was thought that the mentioned amendment bore traces of Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa. Alexa can also be triggered directly when addressed, just as Apple wants to do. The idea of giving a command directly to the assistant without the need for an additional expression is appealing to many users, but there are also users who report that they will continue the traditional saying.