Siri not working like before after iOS 18 update

This update has been terrible for Siri. For me, Siri doesn't hear me even if I'm shouting. And the notifications now are extremely vague. Instead of reading the messages it just says "mail sent a message" or "voice sent a long message" . Siri is hard of hearing and lame compared to how well it used to work.

after updating my to the latest IOS my siri is not responding.

Ah, so I'm not alone in this! Very annoying ...

Same for me. Siri has become dumb and deaf after the recent update to iOS 18. It neither responds to “Hey Siri” nor provides a smart reply to the question typed.

The exact same thing is happening to me. Me: "Turn on Do Not Disturb" (when it's off). Siri (after turning on Do Not Disturb): "Do Not Disturb is already on." Same thing when I turn it off. It's maddening.

Hi all,

I found this solution. Somehow the update messes up with the sound recognition function. I hope that the Apple team will fix it soon.

First go to Settings, then Accessibility, then scroll down to hearing and select "Sound recognition". Turn it off.

Siri is working again! Awesome

I hope it helps. It took me a long time to figure it out, including reinstalling the iOS but without success. Take care!

I keep having to reboot my iPhone 16 pro max with iOS 18.0.1 because it will after a day or so just stop responding to ‘hey Siri’ while also just going slow dumb and deaf when activated with the side button. “I couldn’t hear that” after several seconds bah.

I hope iOS 18.1 fixes this. It’s really obnoxious.

iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 18, same issue here.

siri gaslighting me is the funniest:

Me: "Hey Siri, turn on do not disturb" (do not disturb is not on)

Siri: "Do not disturb is already on." (Turns on do not disturb)

Me: "Hey siri, turn on transparency." (Noice cancellation is on)

Siri: "Transparency is already on." (Turns on transparency)

and it goes on.

Same here! Very annoying. Also, what’s worse is Siri speaks out loud even though phone is in silent mode. I had to turn the volume all the way down to prevent this. So now, I’ll have to remember to turn the volume back up when I need it. Come on Apple, you can do better than this!

Siri is not responding correctly to phone commands while driving. It either dials the wrong number or doesn't respond at all. And in general, operates much more erratically than before iOS 18. (I also upgraded to iPhone 16 as well. Not sure if that is part of the problem.)

Does Apple monitor this feed? And if not, how to communicate with them?

18.1 RC fixed the issue along with many other annoyances.

I have a new 16 Pro, and since the update, Siri may turn on when I call her, but does not answer aloud or do any of my requests. Right now, she’s totally useless!

When my wife's iPhone 14 Pro stopped responding to "Hey Siri," we went to Settings, then Accessibility. Then scrolled down to Siri, then made sure that under "Spoken Responses," the setting for "Prefer Spoken Responses" was ON. My wife's phone was set to Automatic, and Siri wasn't responding. Now that we switched it to "Prefer Spoken Responses," it works!

Hope this helps with your phone.

Have you checked your settings at this path,

iPhone > Settings > Accessibility > Siri > Prefer Spoken Responses > enable with a check mark, if already enabled momentarily select a different setting and then re-enable Spoken Response.

Same with turn on noise cancellation. This issue only occurs when phone is locked when you evoke Siri. If phone is unlocked Siri behaves as it should.