Siri stopped talking after iOS 18 update

I have the same problem. I tried what you said, saying can you hear me first, and he spoke the response too. That’s sooo weird! At least it’s a work around for now, hopefully the next update will fix this.

On my new iPhone 16 pro max with iOS 18.01; I found Siri turned off under “talk to Siri” in settings 👍

I had the same annoying problem after iOS 18 updated: Siri would talk in some cases (Hey Siri) but then would go silent (for sending messages as an example). I downloaded multiple voices and changed to a new voice. I also set "prefer spoken". Seems to be working now. Still rather annoying when basic functionality gets broken by iOS update.

Toggle prefer spoken response off & on. That worked for me

yes I tried that without Zorkor and it worked.

Change from Automatic to Prefer Spoken Responses.

No one seems to be listening. Everyone is having the same prob. Siri will speak but wont speak the weather. Obviously it is the ios18 update. There is not a change you can make to get siri to speak the weather. We wait for a fix

Ok I just fixed it. The problem is as it seems in iPhone mirroring settings. So I asked Siri (on iPhone) “how will the weather be today” and it gave me different error something like “you have to change in settings. Do you want to change this one time or all the time in Siri”. I responded with “all the time in Siri”.

then Siri on Apple Watch worked.

Yes. Same. Raise the volume as soon as you see a response on the screen. That’s what worked for me.

Thanks dude!! Retraining Siri solved the problem!!

until the next update….JF

… and also enable “ prefer spoken responses” 👍

here's the weird thing. if i say, "siri, what's the weather today?" he will only display info on screen. if i FIRST say, "siri, can you hear me?" he replies, "i'm listening" and then i ask my question and i receive a verbal response. I DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!!!!

Hi, after updating both my iPhone and iPad I had the same issue. So here’s the thing it seems that Siri will speak if I am not looking at my iPhone and will give just text responses if looking at it. It’s a bit hit and miss but if you if you look at the settings for Siri , spoken responses it does say that it will determine when to speak using on device intelligence so maybe it will learn in time.

I remember I had a similar problem of Siri not telling me about the weather after updating to iOS 18

later I found out that was because Siri was not allowed in Location Services.

I didn’t change that setting but somehow it was off.

Not sure if it’s the same problem as yours but try checking that.

Here’s an odd thing, yes I did get Siri to respond to messaging by turning on a preferred spoken response, but I thought I was hearing it speak but so low even though I had side volume controls turned up. I said Siri increase your volume, response was ok. It got louder next message attempt. Then I asked what volume level are you using, response 92%. Is it possible that the volume control to Siri is different than ringer volume and difficult to find?

I did your recommendation, although the screen didn’t go blank with the Apple logo, but as soon as I press the volume up and down quickly……..SIRI now WORKS!

Keep in mind I was on phone with Apple 🍎 tech-support and ran me through all the settings that I had already done… even a soft reset. It wasn’t till after I read your post and decided to try it. When Apple 🍎 tech-support calls me back, I will inform them your quick fix. Thank You !!!!