Siri not responding on iPhone 16 Pro Max

This is driving me crazy. Hey Siri not working at all. I've tried all steps below. A couple times when I powered off and back on, it started to work, but now that doesn't even get it to work. Please fix this as I used it all the time. So frustrating.

Without a doubt the worst iPhone released yet. My 15 was almost identical, only difference is, it actually worked. This is worse than Malibu Stacey with a hat. Even when I can get Siri to respond, it then has no idea what I’m saying, I say ‘no’ it thinks I say ‘yes’ I don’t respond when it asks ‘what do I want to reply’ it then apparently thinks I say ‘what’ and wants to send that as a response. I asked it to call someone the other day it said getting directions to a some shop in another country. If anyone’s considering buying this phone. Don’t do it, save your money. Switching on & off works temporarily. Have tried all other suggestions and still nothing.

I’ve been experiencing ongoing issues with “Hey Siri” as well. At times, it activates but then immediately switches off, which is frustrating. Voice commands are hit or miss, and while voice messaging works fine, the inconsistency is still quite annoying. Has anyone found a reliable fix for this, or is there something specific I should try to improve its responsiveness?

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

I am having the same issue and also did this step on Settings and enabled Siri (since Hey Siri was enabled and not working) and there was NOT any sort of popup to enable. It still isnt working. I miss my iPhone 13 as this new one doesn't work as well and I really need Siri and my microphone on dictation to work.

SAME here! Brand new iPhone 16 Pro Max, Siri does not respond. I've tried all the suggested steps and rebooting is the only thing that helps. But it's only temporary, Siri goes right back to ignoring me.

I recently just realised my Siri wasn’t responding and it ticked me off. But I went to the Siri setting, clicked on talk to Siri and turned off the press side button for Siri and when I spoke “hey Siri” it worked instantly. Good luck guys lol

never know Siri not responding would annoy me this much although Siri itself is annoying sometimes with it’s unwarranted random responses 😂😂

I’ve had this problem since I had my iPhone pro max. I’ve just managed to fix it.

Go onto Apple intelligence & Siri, then talk to Siri. Mine was off for some reason. I’ve just turned it on and now Siri is responding. I didn’t need to reboot my phone or any of the suggested methods I’ve come across which never worked. I hope this helps xx

Same here, my supposed upgrade from an iPhone 12 to a 16 pro is starting to feel like a downgrade. Not only does Siri respond intermittently, it feels like it's been dumbed down. It doesn't understand simple commands like "Call mum on Whatsapp". Pretty disappointing for a 1100 EURO flagship phone. This is further exacerbated by Apple intelligence being unavailable in the EU due to a spat between the EU and the company. Please patch the bug!

Hey Siri, I mean Apple. You finally fixed Siri well this time. It does not work at all. I tried all of the suggestions here as well. My Siri will not answer me about 80% of the time. When it does, it brings back nonsense. How can consumers log a complaint with Apple about this issue?

So I tried all the steps and it finally work for me. First is went to my setting and seen that hey sir and Siri were already selected. I turn them off then went to my content section on my phone and found out it wasn’t turned on then I tired to say Siri didn’t work. So I turn my phone off then on then re set up Siri again and it worked for me. Keep in mind it took about 10-15 minutes

Under settings find the “Apple intelligence & Siri”. Than find “talk to Siri” and turn it back on. That’s what I just did and Siri is working again. Frustrating that some update or maybe because I said no I don’t want to use “Apple Intelligence” that “Talk to Siri” got turned off. I have two separate iPhone 16s and miraculously that fixed my issue with Siri.

EVERYONE!! I FOUND THE PROBLEM WITH SIRI NO RESPONDING WITH VOICE!!!! It's NOT a software glitch. Turn OFF Apple Intelligence! Every other setting should be good (prefer spoken responses etc.) I did trial and error several times just to be sure and yes, sure enough....when Apple Intelligence is on, Siri will not respond with voice text. As soon as you turn it off, it works just as normal. Hope this helps you all

You said:

"EVERYONE!! I FOUND THE PROBLEM WITH SIRI NO RESPONDING WITH VOICE!!!!

It's NOT a software glitch. Turn OFF Apple Intelligence! Every other

setting should be good (prefer spoken responses etc.) I did trial and

error several times just to be sure and yes, sure enough....when Apple

Intelligence is on, Siri will not respond with voice text. As soon as

you turn it off, it works just as normal. Hope this helps you all "

This issue started well before 18.2 and Apple Intellignce. Mine did not have the AI turned on and it was doing it and nothing worked. Only returning my phone and getting a replacement solved the problem. I haven't had issues since, through 8.1 and 8.2 updates.

Yes every time we have an update I still have to go in each time and redo the “hey Siri” feature. I have noticed that when I’m not using the AI /chat GBT on Siri works just fine and I don’t have to do anything after the updates.

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My voice text cuts itself off all the time. The only way that I can get it to come back on is by resetting my phone and it’s only a temporary fix. I have a 16 pro and this has been happening for weeks and I only got the phone in November. I’ve had it for two months. This is driving me insane as I only do talk to text. I do not ever type anything. Apple needs to fix this one. This is making me want to go get a new phone but at this point, I don’t trust the 16 pro and I just wanna trade up for a 16 Pro Max and I don’t know if they’ll let me do that or not but I know one thing I’ve had an iPhone ever since the 3G S and I’ve never had problems right out of the gate like this quickly!!