Siri stopped talking after iOS 18 update

I have the same issue. Checked location services for weather and Siri as well as prefer spoken responses.

the only way I can get Siri to verbally reply is by calling Siri a #%+£!. Siri then says “ok, is there anything I can help you with?” I then ask for weather forecast and get a verbal response.

I also noticed with iOS 18, when you ask Siri, what time is my alarm set for, she now just responds with I found one alarm. She used to tell you the time of the alarm so that you could change it without looking at your phone.

Happened to me also

after I change my phone to 16 pro with ios 18

Siri seems not to respond to my voice

even i recalibrate with turn off and on “Hey, Siri”

even I restarted my phone It workd just for a while

but my previous iphone 11 pro was working fine.

They may be the way it was intended to work but the implementation was buggy. It does not speak aloud if sitting on your desk without anyone looking at it. It puts the answer on the screen without saying anything whether or not you’re looking at it. Buggy.

My personal experience is Automatic is not reliable enough. Apple probably has to fine tune the algorithm. No surprise on a first gen product. I’m happy with prefer spoken and my expectations are such I don’t expect perfection in a first gen product. Just me. You do you. 😀

Does it speak aloud If you invoke her saying Hey Siri?

This method worked for me as well. You should restart your phone after doing this.

I noticed Siri not speaking to me when I called it and tried everything that was suggested like turning off the iPhone, etc. I found the only thing that worked for me was to turn off the AI button.

Same! I tried toggling Siri off and on, but no luck. I found some tips online and decided to reinstall iOS 18.

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same here, and before I get treated like a toddler with their first Smart phone… I have already checked everything that could possibly be an issue, location services are on, Siri responses are sent to prefer spoken responses, backgrounding is on, I'm connected to the Internet, I'm on Wi-Fi, I'm not an airplane mode, siri will tell me a story, siri will tell me a joke, but will not tell me the effing weather.

Anyone found a solution? On my phone after updating to IOS 18, Siri just announces "A notification from messages" and no longer reads out the actual message which seems quite useless - I have checked, doublechecked og rechekced all settings...

I can confirm that my iPhone 14 Siri is broken after the update. It works occasionally, and I feel like a bad parent who has to yell at her to get to respond sometimes. OR the best is navigation that will only occasionally tell me when to turn?

If I say “Siri tell me a joke” it will tell me a joke verbally. If I ask how far away the moon is, it just shows a response on screen. Same if I ask what the temperature is or what time sunset is. If I say “Siri turn your volume up” then ask it the temp or how far away the moon is, I get a verbal response. But after that one question, it reverts to just showing the response on the screen. All settings are correct. Prefer verbal responses is on, location services are on for all weather apps and others. I’ve restarted and force restarted my phone several times. What’s the fix? iPhone 12 pro