I get so frustrated with Siri dictation, i.e. using the microphone button on the keyboard and dictating a daily journal in Obsidian or an email in Gmail.

I have the latest iPhone, but dictation always switches off after a couple of minutes, even with a pause of only 1 second. No ambient noise, same issue with the device microphone or AirPods. Sometimes the microphone button stays on, but doesn’t register.

Is this common?

Hi there. I don't have an iPhone but I am helping an elderly person who is blind and not technologically literate have greater control and accessibility using siri. I've already taught him to use Siri to make phone calls.

I'm planning to give him a list of commands that he can practice, with exact phrases.

Is there a command that will have Siri read unread messages? Reading notifications will probably not be helpful if he gets a lot of spam.

Also are any other Siri commands that would be helpful?

Thanks

I was wearing my new AirPods and using my new iPhone 6pro. Whenever I said Hey siri all I got was an inscrutable gong. It became unusable. What causes this?

I used to be able to say "Hey, Siri. What's the temperature outside?" and she would speak it out loud to me. Not anymore. She used to also speak my outgoing text messages, but now only says "Send it?" How do I get her to speak to me again?

I have a new M4 Pro Mac mini. The "Apple Intelligence & Siri" settings don't have a "Listen for" item. I've tried my Logitech C270 USB webcam with a microphone. and I've also tried a USB microphone, and I've rebooted, but no success.

https://support.apple.com/en-by/guide/mac-mini/apdf7bb2fad4/mac says that "Hey Siri" should work "if your Mac mini is connected to a Studio Display or an external microphone", I contacted Apple support, who agrees that this should work but maybe it's an incompatibility with the third-party devices.

So, just curious - what external microphone are you using, and does Hey Siri work for you? I'll buy a new webcam if I need to, I just want to know which one(s) work.

16 Pro Max 18.1. I have multiple shortcuts to set timers for my breaks at work, and when I have my AirPods in I don't get any type of audible confirmation from Siri like I used to. I have prefer spoken responses on and I've even turned Siri on and off, and I've tried a factory reset. Does anyone have this issue or know a potential fix? Thanks.

I have always used Siri to log my weight in the health app by telling Siri "log my weight" and it'll ask how much and log it.

The last time I used this was 5 days ago and I have not updated my phone. Today it says it can't answer that on the iPhone and to open the health app.

Wtf is going on these days with Siri getting worse and worse?

Maybe it’s just me or my system, but my HomeKit home seems to be noticeably slower for Siri to respond to commands since the iOS/IPadOS 18.1 update and Sequoia 15.1. Like asking Siri to turn off the lights in a room takes two voice commands for it to work. First try seems to be ignored. Then, randomly a single bulb will not turn off… (though that might be Hue). IPhone, iPad, Watch, all three HomePod Minis, AppleTV, M1 MacBook Air & M2 Pro Mac Mini all up-to-date.

Hiya,

How do you guys manage to have Siri navigate to someone in your contacts using Apple Maps in iOS 18.1?

If I say, “Siri navigate to Example Name”, Siri merely does a Google search even though Example Name is one of my contacts (in my address book).

Is it just my iPhone or do you face the same issue?

iPhone 15 Pro. iOS 18.1. US Apple Intelligence, British Siri voice.

Thank you. ☺️

Is this SiriKit API limited to Apple and Google/Waze?

I ask because I’ve tested many third party map, navigation, and transit apps, and none of them do this. Some of them let you set up shortcuts, but Waze/Apple/Google Maps allow you to say the name of any address, business, or street to Siri and just append the name of the app at the end of your command. Why only these 3 apps?

Hello everyone I know from the title this sounds weird or made up however I recently told Siri to not announce notifications for discord and it turned it off however now Siri doesn’t read messages as they come in like before. So now to the title; I told Siri “Siri read messages as they come in” and Siri said “You have one new notification from (contact name here) saying ‘do you have anything fun planned this weekend?’” I went to go check my messages and there was no new message at all from that person especially with what Siri said. I then asked Siri the same question and replied the same thing. I then asked Siri “do I have any missed messages ” and Siri said “You have no new messages.” I’m not sure if this is a glitch or what is going on but if anyone has an explanation please let me know!

Like the 0/0, what does the fox say, her voice, and just the way she acts

i am on iOS 18.1 right now but didnt change any settings related siri even after updating. Yesterday I was curious and listened to some of the voice options for Siri, but I didn't realize clicking on the voice will automatically select it to be my Siri's new voice.

I really dislike all of the current options and would like to get my previous Siri voice back (she was more cheerful and talked with more enunciation). Is this possible? I saw online that "american 4" is the closest option, but for me it sounds completely different (lower tone, weird accent).

For example, Siri does not understand "not in cycle".

If I say Siri text John Doe "54 not in cycle" she will understand the command as either "knot cycle/knotting cycle" or "kn cycle" which will cause a workout. Something that's supposed to add convenience adds so much inconvenience. Wow

Basically, I have a bunch of lights in HomeKit and I want to be able to control them through Siri. I checked the transcript of what Siri heard both on the phone and watch, I'm 100% sure the voice command is identical on both devices. The command is basically "Turn on/off the [light name in HomeKit] in the [room name in HomeKit]". I tried with various lights... they all toggle fine from the phone, but not from the watch. Any idea what is causing this / how to fix it? This was happening on iOS17 / WatchOS 10 too, I was hoping it will sort itself out with time / an update... I'm currently on iOS 18.1 and WatchOS 11.1 (no beta releases).

What intelligence is there in “what’s today’s weather?” And you get “it’s currently 47°”?

I updated to ios 18.2 on the developer beta and siri hasn't been responding the same. It's super annoying because I can't hear the new activation sound very well compared to the old mhm/uhuh response. How do I change it back? Is it a glitch or just how it is in the new ios?

Every time I ask Siri to add a event on my calendar it does so on the default calendar, and I have to manually switch to the desired one

Ex: “Hey Siri, add “piano lesson” at 6:00 PM on my school calendar today” And she adds “piano lesson” at 6:00 PM today, but on the personal calendar instead of the school one that I have

Is there a way to phrase it or something like that to use it correctly or I need to always manually correct the event?

I searched for like ten minutes and found nothing about it, so I’m gonna try my luck here

On an iPhone 15 Pro. I thought with all the Apple Intelligence stuff that upgraded Siri would have been improved, at least a little bit.

Anyone else have issues with Siri’s CarPlay controls? I’m using iOS 18.1 plugged into the system in my Subaru Crosstrek. CarPlay works fine, but the voice controls do not — unless I use the physical “call” button on my steering wheel. If I just say “Hey Siri” I can tell it is listening but no matter what I ask it nothing happens. If I use the physical button, it works as expected.

This is with an iPhone 16 pro. Previously I had a 14 Pro on iOS 17.x and didn’t have this issue.

Thanks!

I updated to the new iOS 18 on my iPhone 12, Siri used to work great with speaking all responses when I would ask it something. Now after the update it only speaks on certain things like for example, “hey siri what time is it” it responds with spoken responses, “hey siri what’s the weather like” it does not respond with spoken responses with screen locked or unlocked and only shows a banner from the top of the screen.

I have all settings enabled that need to be but still nothing. Any help or is this just a developer error?

What I want to happen:

I have a note, called jokes. When i hear (or steal) a joke, i want to do is tell siri to open the note and add the joke i'm about to say.

i've tried a few iterations and to no avail.

I asked her to come up with a funny joke and text it to my friend.

Siri opened up a text message and wrote “funny joke”.

Is this an expected behavior or is my prompt wrong?

Does anyone else experience different behavior from Siri when asking it to play Apple Ambient Sounds via their iPhone versus via a HomePod? Here's what I'm seeing:

- We have a HomePod and Sonos Amp set up in a HomeKit room called "Main Room"
- We say "Hey Siri, play rain sounds in the main room"
- If the HomePod picks up the command, it'll play Apple's rain sounds from Ambient Sounds on all HomeKit speakers in "main room" (this is what we want to happen)
- If one of our iPhones picks up the command, it'll play the Rain Sounds playlist from Apple Music Sleep on all HomeKit speakers in the "main room" (this is not what we want to happen)

To get the behavior we want, we have to make sure our iPhones are locked and speak loudly enough that the HomePod hears it over our phones. This works maybe 75% of the time, so the failure rate is high enough that it's very annoying considering we use this feature multiple times a day. I guess the issue is the iPhone has no awareness of the Ambient Sounds feature on HomePods? I can't make sense of it otherwise.

Does anyone know of a way to trigger playback of Ambient Sounds on a HomePod via Siri on an iPhone?

Not that I “upgraded” to 18.1 and I got the Apple Intelligence siri update, siri is just WAY worse that it was. We all know how infuriating using siri is but come on. Last night I just wanted to add 2 alarms for the next day. She was not able to add even one for gods sake. It drives me crazy how useless she is.