Siri Is Getting Ears on the Apple Watch: Here's What That Means for Your Privacy - CNET

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Your Apple Watch is about to start listening a little more closely (if you want it to). A beta rolling out this week gives Siri ears on the Series 12 and Ultra 4, with new features that can recall what was said in the last 15 seconds and summarize conversations throughout your day.

Faster Shazam and Sound Recognition for better accessibility

Audio Intelligence, as the new set of perks is called, consists of four audio-related features: music recognition, sound recognition, Siri rewind and Siri recap. The first two, which have been available since launch, include a faster Shazam that can recognize songs without even opening the app.

I’ve been testing it in beta and noticed it responds much faster, especially since I don’t even have to open the app to identify a song. Songs now appear automatically in my watch’s Smart Stack. This even includes the lullabies I...

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