A method for operating a digital assistant, comprising: at an electronic device with one or more processors, memory, and a plurality of microphones: sampling , at each of the plurality of microphones of the electronic device, an audio signal to obtain a first plurality of audio signals; processing the first plurality of audio signals with a beamforming technique to obtain a plurality of audio streams; determining , based on the plurality of audio streams, whether any of the first plurality of audio signals corresponds to a spoken trigger, wherein determining whether any of the first plurality of audio signals corresponds to the spoken trigger comprises: detecting the spoken trigger from one or more audio streams of the plurality of audio streams; in accordance with a determination that any of the first plurality of audio signals corresponds to the spoken trigger: initiating , by the electronic device, a session of the digital assistant; selecting, based on the one or more audio streams, a first set of microphones of the plurality of microphones corresponding to the one or more audio streams; and sampling, using the first set of microphones, a second plurality of audio signals, and suppressing recognition and interpretation of a portion of the second plurality of audio signals associated with a user different from the user uttering the detected spoken trigger; and in accordance with a determination that the first plurality of audio signals does not correspond to the spoken trigger: foregoing initiating the session of the digital assistant. sampling , at each of the plurality of microphones of the electronic device, an audio signal to obtain a first plurality of audio signals; processing the first plurality of audio signals with a beamforming technique to obtain a plurality of audio streams; determining , based on the plurality of audio streams, whether any of the first plurality of audio signals corresponds to a spoken trigger, wherein determining whether any of the first plurality of audio signals corresponds to the spoken trigger comprises: detecting the spoken trigger from one or more audio streams of the plurality of audio streams; in accordance with a determination that any of the first plurality of audio signals corresponds to the spoken trigger: initiating , by the electronic device, a session of the digital assistant; selecting, based on the one or more audio streams, a first set of microphones of the plurality of microphones corresponding to the one or more audio streams; and sampling, using the first set of microphones, a second plurality of audio signals, and suppressing recognition and interpretation of a portion of the second plurality of audio signals associated with a user different from the user uttering the detected spoken trigger; and initiating , by the electronic device, a session of the digital assistant; selecting, based on the one or more audio streams, a first set of microphones of the plurality of microphones corresponding to the one or more audio streams; and sampling, using the first set of microphones, a second plurality of audio signals, and suppressing recognition and interpretation of a portion of the second plurality of audio signals associated with a user different from the user uttering the detected spoken trigger; and in accordance with a determination that the first plurality of audio signals does not correspond to the spoken trigger: foregoing initiating the session of the digital assistant. <EOS>