Siri activation sound is now a weird low toned boing sound after updating to iOS 16.1.2 on my wife’s and my SE 2nd generation iPhones. They both have the same strange activation sound. Suggestions or hope that Apple has a fix eventually?
iPhone SE, iOS 13
Hello DD@SD,
Thanks for posting in the Apple Support Communities. We're happy to look into this with you. We're not exactly sure what you mean by "boing sound". Could you explain this in more detail?
In the meantime, have you tried adjusting your Siri options, to see if changing the Siri voice or how Siri responds might help? Change Siri settings on iPhone - Apple Support
Change the voice for Siri
You can change the Siri voice (not available for all languages).
1. Go to Settings> Siri & Search.
2. Tap Siri Voice, then choose a different variety or voice.
Change how Siri responds
Siri can respond out loud or silently (with text onscreen). You can also see your request onscreen.
Go to Settings
- Change when Siri provides voice responses: Tap Siri Responses, then choose an option below Spoken Responses.
- Always see the response from Siri onscreen: Tap Siri Responses, then turn on Always Show Siri Captions.
- See your request onscreen: Tap Siri Responses, then turn on Always Show Speech.
Best regards.
I have attempted changing Siri settings to see if it made any difference to the Siri activation sound which it didn’t. Instead of the normal ding sound which we all listen for and recognize after saying “Hey Siri” it is now a very low toned hard to hear sound. I have read several similar comments on these forums also. Thanks for listening.
Have you been able to fix this? I have the same issue and also tried changing Siri settings.
Sorry to say No. Aggravating! My wife an I have the same weird Siri sound after we each updated to 16.1.2. Everything else with Siri works great like before except this.
iOS 16.1.2 Siri
