5 ms·The "listening device in the home" is described to only listen to the wake word.by kalleboo 7y agoThe "listening device in the home" is described to only listen to the wake word.yumraj 7y agoUmm.. how does it know that the wake word was said if it's not listening all the time?UncleMeat 7y agoIt has a special circuit that can literally only recognize the wake word. You have to trust that the circuit does that. Same as the "disable Siri" button on your phone.