iOS 13, Siri making calls on speaker phone by default.

I’m having issues with my iPhone XR when telling Siri to call a contact (Bluetooth on in my car) she states “calling [name] on speaker” rather than sending call through the car speakers. This just started happening after the last 13.1.2 update. I can’t figure how to correct this. It’s annoying since while driving the law states it needs to be hands free and I have to try and adjust it to go through the speakers to be hands free!!

Why does Apple think they know what we want? Every release they screw something up on my phone. Now when I ask Siri to call someone she always puts it on speaker. I don’t want it on speaker. I have tried the fix that was put out there but it didn’t work. Can I back a upgrade out? I shouldn’t find my phone works differently than it did before a push. I should get an option of how I want my phone to work. Apple please stop trying to help me. You don’t know me and don’t know how I want my phone to work.

Apple has always thought they know what you want. Steve Jobs once said "I know what users want better than they do".

Your phone works differently in dozens of ways than it did before it was updated. This is generally known as "product improvement". If nothing was to be changed why bother developing updates at all?

I have the same problem and tried what the person suggested about going to Accessibiliy then Touch and turning on the Bluetooth, however, that did not work for me. I sure hope there is a solution soon.

yep, my iPhone X pro is doing the same thing. Updated to 13.1.2 and all Siri requested calls are defaulting to speaker even with headphones in and will not turn off. Every time I try to turn off speaker, it turns itself back on. I have tried changing to bluetooth headset as my default like someone suggested which lets me use my headphones but like others have said, Siri still says the call will go to speaker but comes through headphones. hopefully this is fixed soon. very annoying.

Just the same happens to me. It was a bit annoying, so I look for a solution and I found this interesting thread, well explaining the issue.

Examinated throughly the question, I must admit this is not an issue at all, this is a FEATURE.

It make sense: if you are hands-free, you speak to Siri and you will be on line thru the speakers, hands-free. If you wanto to put the phone at the ear instead, you will pick the phone, keep pushed the home button (no need to call Siri aloud), then tell Siri just the name she has to call. You will go on line by earphone. Simple and intuitive, indeed.

I hope Apple will keep it as it is now.

it’s a bug. It doesn’t consider whether or not you are set up in hands-free mode. It just sends the call to the speaker. So if you have earbuds in or are linked to the aux input of your car, it will still send to speaker and you have to unplug and re-plug your phone in while driving.

I called Apple Support today twice about this issue and both reps acted like they never heard of the problem. I mentioned to look in the blog here for many similar complaints. It is not just my phone (obviously!). So frustrated. Told me to go to the Apple store which is a process and a long drive. I don’t have a whole afternoon to spare sitting around the Apple Store!!! Ridiculous!

Out of curiosity, I held the phone to my ear, pressed the Siri button and said "Call my wife" and it rang her phone in the ear speaker, not the speakerphone.

I then held the phone to my ear and said; "Hey Siri, call my wife" and again it rang her phone in the ear speaker, not the speakerphone.

I then held the phone in front of me and said "Hey Siri, call my wife" and it again connected using the ear speaker.

Next I put in my AirPods, tapped the Siri pod and said "Call my wife" and it connected using the AirPods.

Finally, I said "Hey Siri, call my wife on speaker" - it responded "calling your wife on speaker", and it did.

So I have no idea what the problem is with anyone else's phone. Mine works exactly as I would expect.

99.99% of the people here are an insignificant fraction of the over 1 billion people who own iPhones. People who aren’t bothered by this behavior or don’t care either way are unlikely to visit this tiny thread.

I called Apple Support again this afternoon. Finally got a rep that knew what was going on. She told me they are aware of the Siri call to phone speaker issue and are working on a fix.

A couple of hours later I made two calls through “hey Siri” and both calls went through radio speakers. Fixed now (I hope) for good!

I also experience this now, but I’m glad because I often ask Siri to call when I’m driving and I never liked having to take my eyes off the road to touch the speaker button. I hope apple can make it so we’re all happy.

Thought I would send a quick reply as I’ve been having this issue as well until recently.

I don’t know exactly when it changed but I’m no longer having this issue, and I don’t have the Bluetooth Headset workaround implemented.

I’m running the latest iOS 13.2.3 so it’s possible the issue has been recently corrected.

Hope the same will apply to you guys too.

Yes, my husband and I are both experiencing the same issue. When Siri makes a call, it is defaulting to speaker phone. (VERY ANNOYING)

IOS 13 siri is making all my calls on speakerphone. Driving me crazy!