A personal trainer called Siri has been forced to change her name to stop iPhones pinging every time someone says her name.
Siri Price, 26, from Edinburgh, has put up with sharing her name with Apple’s personal assistant for over a decade but reached her limit with the company’s latest update.
With the release of iOS 17 two weeks ago, iPhone users must simply say ‘Siri’ to activate the hands-free assistant, when previously they had to say ‘Hey Siri’.
The recent update means that human Siri – who was just 14 years old when the technology was first released – has been inundated with phones pinging when anyone tries to speak to her.
The fitness coach said she has been left ‘fuming’ at the constant noise.
A personal trainer called Siri has been forced to change her name to stop iPhones pinging every time someone says her name
Siri Price, 26, from Edinburgh , has put up with sharing her name with Apple’s personal assistant for over a decade
Apple’s Siri was first introduced in 2011 but a recent update has changed how it is activated
She told The Sun: ‘I work in a gym with a lot of people around so everyone learned quite quickly not to say “Hey” when they greet me or there would be a lot of bleeping going on.
‘It was annoying but manageable. Now people can’t even say my name. I’m absolutely fuming.
‘My workmates had to sit down and think of a workaround because people’s phones have been going off non-stop.’
She added that her final straw had come after her boyfriend downloaded the update and his phone would be triggered every time he spoke to her.
Siri has now changed her name to Siz to make for more peaceful conversations with friends and family.
The origin of her name comes from the Old Norse, meaning ‘beautiful woman who leads you to victory’.
Apple’s voice-activated AI stands for Speech Interpretation and Recognition Interface.
Siri has now changed her name to Siz to make for more peaceful conversations with friends and family
Siri – who was just 14 years old when the technology was first released – has been inundated with phones pinging when anyone tries to speak to her
The voice-controlled technology can announce calls, help send messages, give directions and control items in the home – all while being hands-free.
The recent update brings it in line with Amazon’s rival ‘Alexa’, which is also triggered only by its name.
Siri Price is not the only one who feels they have suffered due to tech giants’ choice of names.
Student Alexa Seary previously described the ‘waking nightmare’ of having the same name as both the Amazon and Apple personal assistants.
