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 plurality of audio signals; processing the plurality of audio signals to obtain a plurality of audio streams, wherein the plurality of audio streams includes a plurality of audio beams; determining, based on the plurality of audio streams, whether any of the plurality of audio signals corresponds to a spoken trigger; in accordance with a determination that any of the plurality of audio signals corresponds to the spoken trigger: initiating, by the electronic device, a session of the digital assistant; identifying a first segment of an audio stream of the plurality of audio streams; identifying a second segment of the audio stream; identifying a parse result based on a combination of the first segment and the second segment; determining whether the first segment and the second segment correspond to a same user based on a semantic meaning of the parse result; and in accordance with a determination that the first segment and the second segment correspond to the same user: determining that the user is a user of the electronic device; and obtaining a representation of user intent based on the first segment and the second segment; in accordance with a determination that the plurality of audio signals does not correspond to the spoken trigger: forgoing 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 plurality of audio signals; processing the plurality of audio signals to obtain a plurality of audio streams, wherein the plurality of audio streams includes a plurality of audio beams; determining, based on the plurality of audio streams, whether any of the plurality of audio signals corresponds to a spoken trigger; in accordance with a determination that any of the plurality of audio signals corresponds to the spoken trigger: initiating, by the electronic device, a session of the digital assistant; identifying a first segment of an audio stream of the plurality of audio streams; identifying a second segment of the audio stream; identifying a parse result based on a combination of the first segment and the second segment; determining whether the first segment and the second segment correspond to a same user based on a semantic meaning of the parse result; and in accordance with a determination that the first segment and the second segment correspond to the same user: determining that the user is a user of the electronic device; and obtaining a representation of user intent based on the first segment and the second segment; initiating, by the electronic device, a session of the digital assistant; identifying a first segment of an audio stream of the plurality of audio streams; identifying a second segment of the audio stream; identifying a parse result based on a combination of the first segment and the second segment; determining whether the first segment and the second segment correspond to a same user based on a semantic meaning of the parse result; and in accordance with a determination that the first segment and the second segment correspond to the same user: determining that the user is a user of the electronic device; and obtaining a representation of user intent based on the first segment and the second segment; determining that the user is a user of the electronic device; and obtaining a representation of user intent based on the first segment and the second segment; in accordance with a determination that the plurality of audio signals does not correspond to the spoken trigger: forgoing initiating the session of the digital assistant. <EOS>