US Patent 11462214 Electronic apparatus and control method thereof

An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with a voice recognition server; and a processor configured to control the communicator to establish a session with the voice recognition server, based on a voice input start signal being received from a first external apparatus, to maintain the established session based on the voice input start signal being received from a second external apparatus in a state where the session is established, and to process voice recognition on audio data received from the second external apparatus using the maintained session.