How do we lower the beep volume or disable the beep on macOS when activating Siri from the AirPods?

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How do we lower the beep volume or disable the beep on macOS when activating Siri from the AirPods?

There probably is not a way to do this so...hopefully other people have the same issue and this gets flagged to the software developers over at Apple.

The beep when you press and hold an AirPod to invoke Siri is hella loud. Anyway to turn off the beep or turn it down without affecting what we are listening to?

Also, I notice that if you enable "Hey, Siri" that this is a workaround, but doesn't enabling this feature cause more battery drain? Also, not sure if I need my Mac to be "listening" all the time. Ha.

Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 23, 2020 8:48 AM

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Answer 1

chuck_3rd

Community Specialist

Oct 27, 2020 6:21 PM in response to PeanutButterWolf_ThreeOneOh

Hi there PeanutButterWolf_ThreeOneOh,

Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you have some questions about changing your Siri alert volume on your Mac. Learn how to change your alert sounds and volumes here: Change the alert sounds on Mac.

We hope this helps!

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Answer 2

Oct 27, 2020 6:43 PM in response to chuck_3rd

Thanks for the post Chuck.

Unfortunately, you can't change the volume. The loud beep happens both on the Mac mini and iPhone. It's just the way it is...for now. What will need to happen is for everyone to write in to Apple and let them know about this so we can have it fixed.

To anyone else reading this thread,

You will want to submit feedback to Apple at: https://www.apple.com/feedback/

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How do we lower the beep volume or disable the beep on macOS when activating Siri from the AirPods?

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