Siri says uhhuh instead of yes

canadagringa wrote:

Ever since i moved to the iPhone 11I have had all kinds of issues with Siri.

Her attitude, not completing the easiest of commands and Siri says “Uh huh”  instead of yes.

It's really annoying, rude and in extremely disrespectful.

Siri is not a person. Siri is not capable of having an "attitude".

ome on Apple this is unacceptable!

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Siri and I always talk on top of each other when I summon her. If I pause at all after "Hey, Siri," she'll go, "Uh huh" at the same time I'm starting to ask her something. Apple, please have Siri go back to saying, "Yes," as soon as we say, "Hey, Siri."

We KNOW Siri isn’t a real person!! We KNOW!!! Please STOP repeating that over and over. We obviously meant that we don’t like how “she” is PROGRAMMED; “she” comes across as disrespectful, rude, and with an unpleasant attitude. Anyone can see this is what we mean. Well, apparently not everyone... Do you seriously think that we all think she’s real? Apparently YOU are even more clueless than you think WE are.

It's not Siri's "Uh huh" that bothers me. It's the pause after you summon her. You say, "Hey, Siri," then you hear nothing, so you start to ask a question, just as she's saying, "uh huh," so we're talking over each other.

It is ridiculously annoying. I say hey Siri, then as I start to talk she says uhuh and half the time I stop because I wonder if Siri is trying to tell me something and then I have to start over again and then Siri misunderstands what I said. It is a serious pain in the butt

That’s not true:

• I have the issue with iPhone 11 not the Pro
• I went through the process of restarting my phone, and changing the language, yet the issue was not resolved

I give you that it seems to be a problem with the iPhone 11 family!

For me the biggest problem with mmhmm and uhhuh is they are hard to hear. Majority of the time I call out hey Siri in order to find my phone. I would wait for a clear defined response and the Beep then say, where are you or play music.

Now I can’t even tell if Siri has heard me.

on my XS she always said "yes" or something like that and 3 days ago i bought iphone 11 and i restored my backup from XS and since then when i say hey siri she's just like "mhmm", its really annoying and as someone mentioned here its so quiet to hear the "mhm"

I searched for solutions, I asked Siri to stop sayin mm hmm and uhh huh, and I also tried to report it to Apple. No such luck. It creeps me out, and turns me off on wanting to use voice services. It’s so funny because my husband always makes fun of me for saying please and thank you to Siri (in the event of the robot uprising I want to be on their good side XD jkjk) and now he’s like “look how rude Siri is, why’d you waste all that time being polite?” Such an odd feature to change.

BZNmom wrote:

I am having the same issue with Siri response. It drives me crazy. Very sassy

We all learned to say "Hey, Siri..." and then wait. The newer, faster phones don't require that pause. If you just say, "Hey, Siri, what time is it?" at a normal pace, all you'll get is the answer to your questions.

I remember one of my MAC computers used to say “It’s not my fault” if a program crashed or something went wrong. It always triggered me. I get that same irritated, feeling when Siri says “uh huh?” Or “Mm hm”? — it sounds distracted, disrespectful, and sophomoric, like the programmer was a smart ***. I tried everything to make it stop. It’s mystifying that Apple let’s us choose Siri’s sex and accent, but doesn’t let us request a standard “Yes?” Or “What can I do for you?” Or “How can I help?”.

It really triggers me when Siri answers, "Mm hm," or "uh huh." She sounds like a distracted, dismissive, rude teen. I'd like her to say, "What can I do for you?" Or, "I'm listening." Or, "How can I help?" Or, "Yes?" Anything but "Mm hm." How can I change it?

Yes, thank you for that. It works ... sometimes. Other times, I don't seem to get Siri's attention unless I say, "Hey, Siri" and then wait for her to reply. Then she's back to "Mm hm." But then again, I'll also be driving in the Detroit (Michigan) area and say something like, "Hey, Siri, where is the closest lake?" and she''ll say, "Navigating to Nashville, Tennessee." So maybe we're not understanding each other.

Thanks for this. If Siri can't change, at least I can. I will have to adapt. I still think Apple should offer an option, in much the same way we can choose Siri's accent and gender. But I appreciate your perspective and my new plan is to make it work for me.

You are going a little overboard lol.. who cares what she said, and I don’t know why so many others here care for such a small detail.. sounds like you are using Siri 24/7 nonstop lmao.. Siri can say “kiss my a**” when I get her attention for all I care.. is it gonna let it bother me? Nope. Btw “hey” for “hey siri” is more rude in my opinion than “mmmhhmm” why no triggering or outrage from that?