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Siri uh huh, mmhmm ect... not working on iPhone XR

My iPhone XR running 13.1.2 only responds with a beep when I say "hey Siri" how do I make Siri respond with uh huh, mmhmm, ect...? My friend with an iPhone 11 works and I have compared all the settings and Ive made sure to turn on all the features. Is it just available on new iPhones??

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Posted on Oct 7, 2019 1:12 PM

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Posted on Oct 24, 2019 4:24 PM

Did you ever get this to work? We need more people to comment on this! I love the " uh huh"! I found another forum that was complaining about it and I fear that caused it to be removed. Apple please make this feature available!

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Dec 21, 2019 9:10 PM in response to CheetahMac

Hi. Yeah. Totally with you. Love the UH-HUH acknowledgment. I don’t see anywhere to switch from the annoying beep beep sound. I have iPhone XSMax. I want this switch around. My wife has it on her iPhone and it is so human like. I love it when she asks and get this uh-huh response. Feels like Siri listen and ready. Where do one switch it over

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Oct 24, 2019 8:16 PM in response to AppleHill5

Everyone should have a right to use uhhuh if they want to. I like uhhuh and I want apple to please tell me how to put it back on my phone. I paid cash for my phone and it wasn’t a free upgrade. I paid a lot for my phone and deserve to have it if I want. I think apple was a genius to think of it.


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Dec 9, 2019 7:12 AM in response to CheetahMac

I have the exact opposite problem. I can’t shut this response off. It sounds like a 10 year old responding. It’s rude, passive agressive and informal. No normal person past their teens responds like this. This should be easily turned off.



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Jan 25, 2020 5:23 PM in response to kimamel

Hate the um/mmhm nonsense. Why would I rather have a beep? It’s not human people! ....I get that it’s a to each their own world. If it must respond, give me a “yes”, like an adult not a juvenile uh huh. What’s next? “Do I have to?”

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Dec 19, 2019 12:40 AM in response to Third Planet Communications

Me too, I want the beep back. I thought Siri had actually stopped working with voice command because I wasn’t hearing her respond with the beep. I wasn’t hearing anything at all. There I was like an idiot yelling “Hey Siri” over and over again. I thought I had a problem with my iPhone or AirPods. I’ve been trying to trouble shoot this for a couple of weeks or so now.


I’m a cyclist and it wasn’t until I was home inside, out of traffic that when I prompt Siri with a voice command now, she actually says “uh-huh or Mmmmm?” I cannot hear this outside in the streets with all the noise.


When I double tap for Siri, I get her acknowledgement with the beep. This is loud and clear and then I know I have her attention to then go on with my request. This used to be the case with voice commands. I’m cycling, I need my hands on the handlebars and brakes. I don’t want to keep tapping my AirPods every time I need Siri.


So is this a bug? Or have they changed the Siri audio interface thingy? If anyone knows how to fix this, please help!



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Dec 21, 2019 9:13 PM in response to jvvuurj

Totally don’t get the it’s rude - so when you ask a real person something they beep beep for you to show they listening? I don’t even get a yes. If best to have option to use uh-huh like a human or the beep beep sound to be more robot like. Apple please help us with this

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