How long has the 'hey siri' function worked unplugged?

I use my idevices and siri everyday for hours, I'm familiar with all of ios' functions. But I just discovered while using my iPhone 6 with ios 8.3 that after you hold the home button down activating siri, then ask a question, as long as you keep the siri screen open the 'hey siri' function works unplugged. Has this been the case since ios 8.0?

iOS 8

Posted on Apr 15, 2015 8:59 AM

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Apr 15, 2015 10:50 AM in response to simonp_au

simonp_au wrote:


Ok, well after I press the home button as usual (unplugged), then ask siri a question, siri then answers. That's the way it has always worked, yes. But, if you leave the siri screen open, while unplugged, then say 'hey siri' siri activates again. Try it. And that has not always been an available function.

I can confirm that it works. My recollection is that Siri always remained open for a minute or so after a query, but you would have to push HOME again for another question. Nice feature!

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