As we're all aware, Siri isn't perfect. While being able to spit fire beatboxing bars on demand, the voice assistant can also be extremely sassy and put you in the friend zone at will.

But it appears Apple's virtual helper went above and beyond in this instance, being credited with saving the life of a 1-year-old Australian girl.

When mother Stacey Gleeson noticed her daughter had stopped breathing and was turning blue over a baby monitor, she rushed into the room and dropped her iPhone behind her. 

When Stacey realised she didn't have the phone in her hand, she called out: "Hey Siri, call the ambulance."

Instead of a "Could you please repeat that?", Siri thankfully did its job while the child could be attended to by her mother. An ambulance arrived in time to help revive the toddler, who is now doing fine.

The moral of the story? We should all probably think twice about keeping the always-listening function on...