US Patent 10283138 Noise mitigation for a voice interface device

A method at an electronic device with one or more microphones and a speaker, the electronic device configured to be awakened by any of a plurality of affordances including a voice-based affordance, includes determining a noise profile of an environment around the electronic device; determining whether the noise profile interferes with the voice-based affordance; and in accordance with a determination that the noise profile interferes with the voice-based affordance, presenting a hint to a user to use an affordance of the plurality of affordances other than the voice-based affordance to awaken the electronic device.