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The new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar works with voice control 'Hey, Siri'
Óscar Gutiérrez / CNET
Apple released Thursday a new MacBook Pro that already works with the voice command Hey, Siri.
New laptops, updated to RAM, new eighth-generation Intel processors and a quieter keyboard, also include the low-power T2 chip that allows, among other tasks, that the computer listens to the audio. user when he says this command already known between iPhone users and Apple Watch.
The MacBook Pro has received Siri since 2016, but since then the user has to press the Siri icon in the touch bar to make queries or requests to the virtual assistant. With the new T2 chip, Siri can be called with only the voice command followed by the application such as opening an application, searching for documents or performing an arithmetic operation.
The T2 chip is a processor designed by Apple for the Mac The T2 has in turn a coprocessor called Secure Enclave which handles important functions such as boot and storage encrypted, and who is also responsible for the control of the device. 39, system administrator, audio driver and SSD driver.
The T2 Chip is present only on the MacBook Pro 13 and 15 inch models with Touch Bar The 13-inch model without this smart toolbar does not include compatibility.
The voice command Hey, Siri was coming to the Mac sooner or later. The proof of this feature on the Mac was unveiled from last year when the developers found the proof in the code . The iMac Pro already includes this T2 chip, so in theory it would also work with the voice command
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