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Apple said that with on-device speech recognition, the audio of users' requests is processed on the iPhone or iPad by default.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 19, 2026
In the source's own words
“With on-device speech recognition, the audio of users’ requests is processed right on their iPhone or iPad by default.”
Apple advances its privacy leadership with iOS 15, iPadOS 15, macOS Monterey, and watchOS 8, Apple Newsroom, 2021, Process Audio of Siri Requests on Device.
Open the original- What it measures
- Apple's June 7, 2021 newsroom release, published on the day of the WWDC 2021 keynote, announcing the iOS 15 privacy features. The release describes the change for Siri requests.
- What it does not show
- An announcement, not a shipping date: the release describes iOS 15 features. The page does not say which devices or languages supported it at launch.
In the data
A row of History of Dictation Software: A Dated Timeline, as Apple Siri on-device recognition: 2,021 year.
- Event
- Feature added
- Product
- Siri on-device speech recognition
- Maker
- Apple
- Date
- 2021-06-07
- Kind
- Voice assistant
- Note
- The year 2021 comes from the page dateline June 7, 2021, not from the quoted sentence.