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Siri has a delay between first command and being able to hear the 2nd command. She waits 5 seconds before recognizing the 2nd command. I.e. Hey Siri, text so and so, “what do you want to say”, after a 5 second delay she finally allows you to speak. This is very aggravating when trying to remain 100% hands-free in the car.
iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 15
Hi Siri8sIssues,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
We understand that Siri is slow to respond to your commands.
Is this only happening while you're connected to your cellular network, or do you experience the same behavior while connected to Wi-Fi as well?
To help isolate this behavior further, check out the troubleshooting steps outlined here: If "Hey Siri" isn't working on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
We look forward to your reply.
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I’m having exactly the same issue. It only happens on Apple CarPlay and the pause before she allows you to speak is indeed about 6 to 7 seconds. It’s very frustrating. All the Siri settings are correct and it worked fine before the 15 update. Therefore, it must be something to do with the update itself as none of the settings changed and this problem began to happen.
After reading several explanations it is apparent this was an intentional update by Apple to better help us communicate with AI - as if. Funny thing is it didn’t happen to my wife’s phone which is a later model. So the new way to talk to text is to not pause after pressing the CarPlay button or saying hey Siri - do it all in one sentence - ie “text so and so I am on the way”. Treat your replies the same way, ie “reply I am on the way”. Guess Apple has never heard of, “it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Maybe they subscribe to the “if it ain’t broke, make it better” philosophy…sorry Apple, this ain’t better.
This happens on my car when sending a text via CarPlay. I have a Nissan . I will ask to send a text…then wait…and wait…5 or 6 seconds, then will hear a beep to talk. If I talk before that beep(like we used to do) it won’t record that.
Don’t pause between asking to send a text and the actual text. Say it all at once and it will work. Took me a couple weeks to figure it out. Replies are the same way. When you “change” you can still pause and she will ask what you want to say and it records immediately. It’s an obvious bug.
Having the same issue following recent update. Siri says "what do you want to say?" Then I have to wait about 5 seconds for the Siri icon to grow bigger and it's only at that point that Siri will hear what I say. Seems like a bug.
As a previous poster found… to my relief.. it’s apparently purposeful!! Apple think it’s an improvement!! The solution is to continue your text or request without a pause. Say: “ Hey, Siri text John, what time is the meeting?” Do it this way and it will work. I don’t know how to fix it when Siri asks you if you want to reply…that still leaves the 6 second pause. Still working on that!! 😉
When you reply also do in one continuous response. Say, “reply I’m on the way” and there’s no pause and it only sends “I’m on the way”. Works for me anyway on my 8S. Funny thing is on my wife and kids phones (newer of course) they experienced no change with Siri or CarPlay after the update.
THANK YOU!!! You've saved my sanity!
Please see thread below.
Changing to a different Siri voice (e.g. British) totally fixed this problem for me.
Oh wow. Didn’t even think of trying that one. Thanks!!
Siri issues since the ios15 update
