How to Change Siri Voice on iPhone Or iPad

Are you tired of the default Siri voice? Learn how to change Siri voice on iPhone or iPad with our step-by-step guide in just a few taps and personalize your Siri experience right away:

iPhone 4S, which was launched in 2011, came with a new feature – Siri. Siri is a virtual assistant available on Apple devices, which is capable of doing tasks like answering your questions, searching the internet, playing music, making calls, and much more.

You can know about the popularity of the software Siri by the fact that it has around 500 million users from around the world, which is way more than that of its biggest counterparts, like Alexa and Google Assistant.

Modify Siri’s Voice in Seconds: Step-by-Step Guide

Once you have activated Siri on your iPhone, you can make use of it by just saying ‘Hey Siri’, and it will be instantly available for your assistance. You can command Siri to make calls, play music, etc. You can also ask questions, and Siri will answer in a specific language and voice that you have chosen.

Siri allows its users to change its language, voice, and responding style (like with captions or without captions, with voice or silent response, etc.), so that the users can get the most out of the software. The users of iOS 18 and later versions can even interact with Siri in multiple languages (this feature is not available in all regions of the world).

Here is the video guide on how to change Siri’s voice on iPhone:

Why Change Siri’s Voice?

Users may want to change Siri’s voice for different purposes, like:

• They got a software update that changed Siri’s voice, which they don’t like, and now they want to change the voice.
• They want a different accent.
• They may want a male (or female) voice to talk to.
• They may want a voice that sounds clearer.

Siri Voice – Language Options Available in Various iOS Versions

How to Change Siri Voice on iPhone

If you want to change the voice of Siri on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, then follow these quick and simple steps:

1. On your iOS device, go to Settings

2. Select Siri or Siri & Search as shown in the image below.

3. Choose the Voice option as in the image below.

4. Now first select a Variety (of Accent) from American, Australian, British, Indian, Irish, and South African; and then choose a voice for the selected variety.

List of Accents and available voices in Siri & Search is shown below:

Steps to Change Siri’s Language

The Siri software can be used in many languages from around the world. You can choose any of the available languages, as per your preferences. Users can even choose to interact with Siri in multiple languages, if that option is available in their region.

To change Siri’s language on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, follow these steps:

1. Go to Settings

2. Select Siri or Siri & Search as shown below.

3. Now tap on the Language option as shown below.

4. Select one from the available languages in your region as depicted in the image below.

Retrain ‘Hey Siri’ After Language Change

After you change Siri’s language, you will need to address Siri in that particular language. For example, you’ll say “Dis Siri” in French.

You would need to retrain Siri for ‘Hey Siri’ in the new language you have chosen.

This can be done in the following manner:

• Go to Settings
• Select Siri (or Apple Intelligence & Siri)
• Choose Talk to Siri and select Off
• Now turn on ‘Siri’ or ‘Hey Siri’ again and follow the steps to train Siri.

Here is the video guide on how to change ‘Hey Siri’ to anything you want. Explore the new feature of iOS 18:

Quick Ways to Change Siri Response Settings

Users can also change how Siri responds by doing as stated under:

1. Go to Settings

2. Select Siri as shown below.

3. Now select Siri Responses as shown in the image below.

4. Choose how you want Siri to respond.

Spoken Responses option of Siri is shown below.

From here, you can choose whether you want to see the transcript on the screen of your speech or what Siri says. Plus, you can choose whether you want spoken responses from Siri, or Silent (transcribed responses), or Automatic Responses (silence response while you are using the iPhone in silent mode).

How to Change Siri’s Voice on Other Apple Devices

In this section, we will discover how to change Siri’s voice on other Apple devices like Apple Watch, Mac, Apple TV, and HomePod.

Change Siri Voice on Mac

You can change Siri’s voice on your Mac by:

1. Selecting the Apple menu

2. Then choosing System Preferences

3. Then selecting Siri

If you want to change Siri’s voice on your Apple Watch, then you’ll have to change Siri’s voice on your iPhone. Please note that in Apple Watch Series 3 and later versions, Siri gives audio responses. But in the earlier versions, it used to display texts or images.

Change Siri Voice on Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD

Siri does not talk on Apple TV. But it can listen to your commands and process the requests. You can change the language in which you can give commands to Siri.

Follow these steps to do so:

1. Go to Settings

2. Select General

3. Go to Siri

4. Tap on Language

5. Now choose the language you want.

Simple Steps to Alter Siri’s Volume

You can increase or decrease Siri’s volume on your Apple devices instantly by following these steps:

1. On iPhone or iPad- On your iPhone or iPad, increase or decrease volume from the side buttons while Siri is speaking.
2. On Apple Watch- Ask Siri to speak louder (or quieter).
3. On Mac- While Siri is speaking, click on the Control Center icon, then adjust the volume by dragging the Sound slider. Other volume charging methods will also work in this case.

How to Modify Siri’s Speaking Rate

You can change the speed at which Siri speaks in iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and later versions by following these steps:

1. Go to Settings

2. Select Accessibility

3. Tap on Siri

4. Now adjust Siri’s speaking rate on the slider as depicted in the image below.

Frequently Asked Questions

Conclusion

Changing Siri’s voice to get the most out of it is not a bad idea. You can make Siri talk in a male’s voice or in a female’s voice; there are various voice options available.

You can change Siri’s voice by going to Settings, then Siri & Search, then Voice, then under the heading Variety, choose a variety (like American, Australian, British, Indian, etc.), and then choose a Voice for that specific Variety of Language. This way, you can choose the accent that best suits you.

In the past, Siri has faced several criticisms. Apple manufacturers were accused of continuously recording Apple users’ speech to evaluate Siri’s response times.

Due to the controversy, Apple had apologised and stated that the speech recording was done merely to evaluate the software’s performance. Then they added a new feature to disable Siri, so that, if users wish, they can stop Siri from recording audio from its surroundings.

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