Poor Siri audio after iOS update

I just found a response from another user saying it may be due to Low Power Mode turned on. I turned it off and the problem fixed itself!

I have found it is like someone stated actually. When my battery is in low power mode Siri sounds like it’s under water. Once I turned low power mode off the voice sounds normal.

Hi everyone. I just realized that my poor Siri is due to low power mode on.

Its because of low power mode, turn it off and listen. Its stupid though.

Hi there brkemc,

We understand you're experiencing an issue with the audio quality of Siri when reading the screen after iOS 15, and we'd like to see if we can assist.

Do you experience the same issue with other audio, such as phone calls or playing music and videos?

If you have a case or screen protector on the device, does the issue persist with it removed?

Also, if you haven't already, restart your iPhone and check for the issue again.

Thanks!

I have this issue too. It only happens when Siri is reading out messages or announcing calls. I don’t have the same issue with “Hey Siri” and music playback.

I also noticed that I sound muffled during calls/voice memos/recordings.

I’ve dropped feedback in the Feedback assistant app but no update yet. It’s been about 3/4 months.

Audio in music, podcasts, YouTube, etc, sound fine. But when Siri reads my text messages, it sounds awful. Like she’s underwater. It’s very muffled!

Mine too. It’s weird sounding. Like he’s under water. (I have the guy voice). I see ios15.2 came out over night. I’ll try that.

Same here. The sound for anything else is fine, be it through my phone or airpods. Siri sounds static-y and glitchy, though. Hope a software update fixes that, cause idk if i'll be using siri until they do.

Super glad to have stumbled onto this discussion. Bought some AirPod pro’s for Christmas and thinking maybe there was a defect but then after reading through this discussion decided to try Siri while not using the headphones and sure enough, still very poor quality. The timing of me discovering this was off, I guess I hadn’t super paid attention until now. And then the upgrade to 15.2 hasn’t worked either like people mentioned. Hope this is in the works to be patched, pretty annoying I rely on Siri a lot to read messages when I’m not able to look at my phone.

It’s amazing so many people are reporting this issue but still no solid resolution. It is in and off. Yesterday the car ride was normal and then for the rest of the day he sounded like he had Covid-19. It’s kind of annoying.

I have the same problem with Siri sounding muffled. All music started sounding muffled in my car through the Bluetooth after iOS 15 but the music in my airpod pros sounds good still.

I noticed it too.

I’m sure a software update will remedy the situation. 

I restarted my phone and even Siri but this issue is still on. My music and all other sounds are coming out fine but Siri is muffled and it is irritating.