"Hey Siri" only when charging?

lertsnim

I like this feature with iOS 8 but is there any technical reason why they don't allow this feature when you are not connected to a power source? It seems like a crazy decision to me and it would have been perfect for driving.

medic087

Battery life i presume though the Moto X is always listening and has great battery life. I think it has a low power chip dedicated to listening all the time however.

adox

lertsnim wrote: »

I like this feature with iOS 8 but is there any technical reason why they don't allow this feature when you are not connected to a power source? It seems like a crazy decision to me and it would have been perfect for driving.

Works if you have the phone charging in the car. A lot of things are locked down so you still need to unlock the phone to use them but you can make calls check your appointments etc completely hands free.

Zcott

Yep, the answer is battery life. An always-listening device sucks up a lot of battery power.

biko

http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/09/17/how-to-enable-and-use-hey-siri-handsfree-mode-in-ios-8

Cool feature, just enabled it there.

Creamy Goodness

Makes sense. Don't see any scenario where I'd want to use Siri by calling out to her/him without it being docked.