How to Use Siri on Apple’s latest Studio Display easily

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For “Hey Siri” voice commands and spoken questions, the Studio Display has three built-in microphones, and the linked Mac doesn’t even have to officially support Siri for it to function. Learn how in the next paragraphs.

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Hey Siri has been accessible on many Mac models, but not all – including the Mac mini and Mac Pro – can take use of it. According to 9to5Mac, Studio Display allows any Mac connected to it to use the “Hey Siri” command.

The 2019 Mac Pro and Mac mini (2018 and after) have never supported Apple’s virtual assistant, Siri, even though Siri has been accessible on most current Macs for some time now. However, if you have a Studio Display in your computer setup, you may not have to worry about this since the A13 chip in the display can offer “Hey Siri” functionality to your Mac.

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The Studio Display’s A13 Bionic chip is the same one used in the iPhone 11 series, and it powers the display’s camera processing, including Apple’s Center Stage function, as well as Spatial Audio output. Even if your Mac doesn’t have Siri support out of the box, the display can offer Siri capabilities to the connected Mac, as long as it’s running macOS Monterey 12.3 or later.

As part of macOS 12, Apple made significant improvements to Siri. Your Mac is now the only place where Siri’s voice processing and customisation takes place, making the virtual assistant more secure and quicker at responding to your commands. Additionally, this implies that Siri can now handle a wide variety of queries without the need for the internet.

If you don’t want Siri to operate online or offline, you don’t have to do anything to enable it. “Hey Siri,” followed by a question or order, is all you need to do. Whenever you ask Siri to perform anything that needs internet connectivity, such as sending a message, updating the weather, or playing streaming video, you’ll receive the answer “To do that, you’ll need to be connected to the internet,” or “I can assist with that when you’re connected to the internet.”

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The following bullets list the Macs that are compatible with the Studio Display running Mac OS Monterey 12.3 or later and that enable Siri:

  • Mac Studio
  • 14-inch MacBook Pro introduced in 2021
  • 16-inch MacBook Pro introduced in 2019 or later
  • 13-inch MacBook Pro introduced in 2016 or later
  • 15-inch MacBook Pro introduced in 2016 or later
  • MacBook Air introduced in 2018 or later
  • iMac introduced in 2017 or later
  • ‌iMac‌ Pro
  • ‌Mac mini‌ introduced in 2018 or later
  • ‌Mac Pro‌ introduced in 2019

It has a 27-inch screen, 5K resolution and 12MP Ultra Wide camera. It also has a six-speaker sound system, Thunderbolt 3 connection and three USB-C ports.

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