Siri says uhhuh instead of yes

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

I agree with all the naysayers. I feel as if the next step is to have a rolling eye emoji that says "whatever" and sighs. You can turn off the answering completely but I feel as if that is not the solution. I do understand about including the command but sometimes I am slow!

Yes agree, Cali! And it irritates me that when you summon Siri, there is a pause where she doesn’t say anything, so you start to go ahead with your question and she talks on top of you saying “Uh huh” So you have to repeat your question. Annoying. Go back to having her say “Yes?” As soon as u summon her, Apple.

I don't think it has anything to do with respect, its a machine. It's ANNOYING and UNPRODUCTIVE, to say "Hey Siri", hear silence, start talking, then have it finally say "Uh huh" over you... now you stop, and you aren't sure if its heard what you said, then you start talking again, and are interrupted again with "Yes?"

The only cure currently is to say "hey Siri'' and force yourself to ignore "uh huh?", and just keep talking... but that is very unnatural way to "talk" to the phone... and a pain in the butt when you are not FOCUSED on ignoring the phone (which you typically DO NOT want to do by design) because your natural response is to stop and listen when you hear "uh huh?"

This isn't rocket science... JUST GIVE US AN ON/OFF SETTING FOR THE INITIAL SIRI "UH HUH?" OR "YES"... I mean c;'mon... that could easily be added to the next update.

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.

Hopefully this will fix it, but it seems to have temporarily worked.

I said, Hey Siri

The phone responded with uhhuh

I told it,

I do not want you to say “uh-huh”

It said okay.

I do not want you to say mmhmm

It said okay.

I said, Hey Siri

It then responded with Yes

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?”.

Yes. I’m jumping back and forth from 11 pro to XR.... “Hey SIRI” is “modernized” and changed in all the 11 series flagships. My XR beeps on response rather than “uhuhh” and it’s because it’s just a small change in Siri due to a more premium experience in a later phone.

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.

Unfortunately, there’s no way to change how Siri functions per device, I thought at first it was software but it turns out, it’s all the 11 series phones and I’m assuming this new Siri response will be in all the future iPhones as well. I honestly like it. It’s a more premium version of Siri to me.... a double beep tone is a bit outdated IMO.

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.