Voice assistants are popular for subtle activation, such as responding to prompts spoken in advertising. Apple may have a fix in the works for this. 9-5Mac discovered this feature in tvOS 18.2 beta. A piece of code called AdBlocker uses the Shazam API to match audio captured by the device’s microphones to audio fingerprints downloaded from Apple. When compatible, the usual Siri trigger command is disabled. In theory, this means Apple could have devices that don’t respond to the “Hey Siri” request when it’s said as part of the company’s keynote presentations or TV commercials.
The publication found this feature only in the current developer beta of tvOS, which means it offers HomePod The smart speaker will be the first device to potentially ignore those “Hey Siri” commands. However, iOS 18.2 is also in developer beta and brings a lot more Apple Intelligence features Apple’s smartphones, as well as possible integration ChatGPT subscriptions with Siri.
