Siri music recognition not working since iOS 16 update

Ok, after updating to iOS 16.1, this issue seems to have been fixed for me. Siri is now recognizing songs one after the other. Please try updating your devices and check.

I upgraded to 16.2 and it solved the problem for me.

Hi DaveyK,

If you haven't done so yet, restart your iPhone. Sometimes this simple step can correct unexpected issues. It's also a good idea to test while connected to a different network to help isolate the issue.

If the issue persists, reach out to Apple Support for further assistance. They can be contacted here: Get Support, or by calling the most applicable phone number from this list: Contact Apple for support and service.

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Same issue with iPhone SE 2022.

After restarting iPhone, it seems Siri can recognize one song. Trying another song immediately, music recognition then fails (music recognition not available).

No issues with Shazam recognizing music via Control Center.

Observed this issue since upgrading to iOS 16, and still seems to exist in 16.0.3.

I’ve got the same issue with Siri since upgrading to iOS 16.

Going to back up, put phone in recovery mode and do a complete new install.

I’ll update here if that works.

I’ve been having the same issues with my iPhone 13 Pro Max, ever since updating to iOS 16 and subsequent updates, including iOS 16.02 the issues are still there.

I do hope that Apple takes care of this issue in the next update.

I don’t use this feature often, but as of today, I tried it many times, what was strange about it is that it worked once, and then stopped working completely, I tried resetting Siri I’ve tried rebooting. I’ve tried a hard reset, and also checking if the service was down and still no music recognition, for me optimistically I tried to look at it as, we’re still on a new operating system that just came out so hopefully with a updated iOS shortly, it’ll be taken care of.

I appreciate everybody’s input on this and knowing that I’m not alone, but I wish that we weren’t having these issues.

But it happens, things just need to get ironed out.

Thanks for the info!

U can’t get Siri back. What you can do is download Shazam and then get Shazam to listen to the song and click on the song once Shazam have a listen to it and then from there you have the option by clicking the three dots next to the song to go onto iTunes or Apple Music from there and purchase this song

Hi there’s a way to but u need to use Shazam app

1. first download the app.
2. open the app.
3. hold finger on Shazam logo to listen to song.
4. click the 3 dots top right hand corner of the screen when u do that it gives u the options to listen via Apple Music,purchase in iTunes ect.
5. enjoy the music.

Mine quit working with iOS 16 as well. I've tried everything I can find online and nothing works!

Hi Davey,

Thank you so much for your kind response and getting back to me and the others that are having these issues.

i’ll keep an eye on this thread as we all go through this, and I appreciate everything that you and everyone have posted.

Thank you, All my best!

I am the exact same. It is very frustrating that this is happening. I also noticed that prior to the update when asking siri what song is this and it found the song it would go to apple music and i could save to playlist. now it is more frustrating that it goes to shazam which i dont use. As I have apple music and do not want to have to have to go to 2 places. Can we just have siri when we ask "what song this is" and finds the song go to apple music instead of Shazam as well.