Mechanism and apparatus for seamless voice wake and speaker verification

A method of waking a computing device, comprising:

• while the computing device is in a low-power state:
• receiving audio input from a user at the computing device;
• and
• determining that the audio input comprises a wake phrase;
• transitioning the computing device from the low-power state to an active state if the audio input comprises the wake phrase;
• while the computing device is in the low-power state or the active state:
• attempting to verify the user based at least in part on a first portion of the audio input comprising the wake phrase;
• and
• while the computing device is in the active state:
• interpreting a second portion of the audio input not comprising the wake phrase as a command to launch an application on the computing device;
• and
• launching the application at the computing device when the command is a user agnostic command or not launching the application when the command is not a user agnostic command, wherein a user agnostic command comprises a command that does not require identifying information or personal data of the user.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions for causing a computing device to:

• while the computing device is in a low-power state:
• receive audio input from a user at the computing device;
• and
• determine that the audio input comprises a wake phrase;
• transition the computing device from the low-power state to an active state if the audio input comprises the wake phrase;
• while the computing device is in the low-power state or the active state:
• attempt to verify the user based at least in part on a first portion of the audio input comprising the wake phrase;
• and
• while the computing device is in the active state:
• interpret a second portion of the audio input not comprising the wake phrase as a command to launch an application on the computing device;
• and
• launch the application at the computing device when the command is a user agnostic command or not launch the application when the command is not a user agnostic command, wherein a user agnostic command comprises a command that does not require identifying information or personal data of the user.