Siri is getting a new voice, according to reports.
AxiosApple beta-testing a gender neutral device to test the new iOS. This voice was made available for beta testing by the public earlier in the week.
Apple said the new option allowed the user’s experience to be more “personalized.”
“We’re excited to introduce a new Siri voice for English speakers, giving users more options to choose a voice that speaks to them,” Apple told Axios. Siri helps millions of people worldwide get things done. So we make it as personal as possible.
Apple also added two Siri voices last year that were recorded by African American actors. Apple added a new default Siri voice that was not a female to the menu, forcing users to pick their default voice.
A report from a United Nations Agency argued that a female default voice “carries a risk of spreading problematic gender stereotypes and regularizing one-sided, command-based verbal exchanges with women.”
Smart devices have faced criticism in recent years for reportedly “eavesdropping” on users.
Newsbusters Last year, Geoffrey A. Fowler was reported as a technology reporter The Washington Post, warned people about the “invasive” new technology “Sidewalk” in his piece headlined: “Amazon is about to share your Internet connection with neighbors. Here’s how to turn it off.”
“There’s an eyebrow-raising technology buried inside millions of Amazon Echo smart speakers and Ring security cameras,” Fowler wrote of the Amazon device. “They have the ability to make a new kind of wireless network called Sidewalk that shares a slice of your home Internet connection with your neighbors’ devices.
Video doorbells have faced criticism for the breadth of the device’s recording capabilities.
After his Ring Doorbell Camera allegedly invaded her privacy, a UK judge demanded that a man pay compensation damages to his female neighbor.
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