Siri activation tone too quiet, iOS 16

In iOS 16, there’s a new chime when I say “Hey Siri” and it is very hard to hear, and impossible in the car, which is dangerous because I can’t use hands-free dictation if I don’t know when to speak the command.

Does anyone know how to increase the chime volume or change the tone?

Note: I am NOT asking about Siri’s voice volume.

iPhone 8

Posted on Dec 2, 2022 5:40 PM

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1 reply

ManJor

Community Specialist

Dec 5, 2022 3:38 PM in response to FortWarrior

Hi FortWarrior,

Thank you for using the Apple Support Communities! We can certainly understand your concern, at this time it is not possible to adjust the chime volume for Siri.

In this case, we'd recommend providing feedback to Apple's Engineers using: Product Feedback - Apple

Hope this helps!

Have a great day.

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